Microscopy Core Facilities

Our TEM is a Philips CM10, a user-friendly instrument that still requires understanding of how to operate a TEM. It is remarkably stable and immune to undergraduate student use, making it an excellent teaching instrument. Film is used for recording images, and an Epson 4990 flat-bed scanner is used to digitize the micrographs. lab that is used to generate high quality digital images from the negatives.

The Olympus Fluoview 300 is the newest addition to the facility. Our Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) is based on an Olympus BX50 upright microscope, and has Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) optics and two extra-long working distance water immersion objectives on a special two position turret. A microinjection system for electrophysiological studies is also available. This microscope uses three PMT detectors, two for epi-confocal imaging, and one for transmitted-light imaging. Imaging capabilities include reflected-light confocal and transmitted-laser DIC imaging. Argon 488 nm and He/Ne lasers are installed on the microscope.

   

 

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