Major Instrument
ELECTRON MICROSCOPES:
- Transmission electron microscope (Hitachi H-7650)
- Scanning electron microscope (Hitachi TM-1000 Tabletop)
CONFOCAL AND MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPES:
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES:
- Zeiss Axio Vert.A1 (inverted)
- Zeiss Axio Imager M2 epi-fluorescence microscope (Upright)
- Nikon E800 (Upright)[more details]
- Zeiss Axio Scan.Z1 (Slide scanner)[more details]
- Raman microscope (DeltaNu ExamineR)
DISSECTING MICROSCOPE:
- Nikon dissecting microscope (with a color digital camera)
- Zeiss V16 high resolution zoom microscope
EQUIPMENT FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION:
- Ultramicrotome for TEM sectioning (RMC-MTXL)
- Rapid Immersion Freezer (EMS-002) for TEM sample preparation
- Critical point dryer (CPD) for SEM [user manual]
- Cryostat for cryo-sectioning - Microm
- Cryostat for cryo-sectioning - Leica [user manual]
- Microwave for tissue sample preparation (Pelco BioWave 34700)
- Microscopy Slide label maker
- Low temperature centrifuges
- Micro-centrifuges
- Cell culture incubators (with CO2 control)
- Biosafety cabinet
- Ultrapure water system (Millipore)
INSTRUMENT FOR MOLECULAR ANALYSIS: