Major Instrument

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES:

• Transmission electron microscope (Hitachi H-7650)
• Scanning electron microscope (Hitachi TM-1000 Tabletop)

CONFOCAL AND MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPES:

• Zeiss 980 with Airyscan (inverted)[more details]
• Zeiss 700 (upright)[more details]
• Two-photon (Neurolabware)[more details]

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]
• Cryostats for cryo-sectioning (Leica and Micron)
• 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:

• Illumina NextSeq 2000 sequencer [User instructions][Sequence Request Form]
• Bio-Rad S3e Cell Sorter (2 laser system, 488 nm and 561 nm)
• Fluorescence Microplate reader (Tecan Infinite M200)
• Luminex MAGPIX for multi-channel biomarker analysis
• QuantStudio 96 well QPCR system
• iBright FL 1000 imaging system
• Tape station 4200 for DNA quality control (Agilent)
• Qubit 3 fluoremeter
• Covaris focused Ultrasonicator (ME220) for DNA fragmentation
• 10x Genomics chromium controller