Microscopy Equipment
The Microscopy Facility is equipped with the following state-of-the-art microscopy imaging systems and instruments:
- Three Hitachi electron microscopes: H7500-I TEM, S4700 Field-Emission SEM, and S-3000N variable pressure SEM. (Morrison Fund)
- Olympus FV500 Upright and Inverted Confocal Microscopes use confocal optics for high resolution, high contrast and increased resolution in the light axis direction. Acquisition functions include 3D construction, Z series sectioning, time series observations, sequential laser scan and image analysis functions. A total of 5 channels can be acquired simultaneously with 4 fluorescence images and a transmitted light image. The confocal has 6 laser lines (405, 458, 488, 514, 543, and 633 nm) and can be used for multiple fluorescence labeling detection.
- Laser Capture Microdissection system (LCM, PixCell IIe from Aucturus) provides one of the best tools available to date for isolation of individual cells or specific populations of cells, or bacteria of interest from tissue sections for further molecular and biochemical analyses. (NU Foundation)
- Two advanced fluorescence microscopes with high-sensitivity digital cameras: Olympus AX70 upright fluorescence microscope and Nikon TE-300 inverted fluorescence microscope.
- Nikon SMZ-800 stereo fluorescence microscope.
- Leica CM-1900 cryostat microtome for rapid preparation of frozen sections and LKB Ultra-microtome.
- Hybridization oven and glass-slide heater with controlled temperature/moisture for fluorescence or calorimetric in situ hybridization.
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