The following capabilities are available to researchers in the Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center. We are continually trying to upgrade the equipment and capabilities in the Center. If you are interested in participating in the acquisition of additional equipment, please contact the director .
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Transmission Electron Microscopy:
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JEOL 1200 EX
- Digital Camera
- Tungsten Filament
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Philips
CM-200
- High Resolution
- EDAX
- Tilting Stage
- LaB6 and Tungsten filaments
- Electron Diffraction
- Gatan Digital Camera (coming soon)
- Reichert-Jung ultramicrotomes (2) for resin ultrathin sections
- Pelco 3450 Microwave Processor
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JEOL 1200 EX
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Scanning Electron Microscopy
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FEI 200F
- Field Emission Gun
- Hi Res., Low Vacuum, Environmental Modes
- Hot and Cold Stages
- Detectors: Large Field, STEM, ETD, GSED, Backscatter
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Hitachi S-570
- Quartz PCI Imaging System
- Back scattering detector
- Samdri-PVT-3B Critical Point Drier
- Virtis Lyophilizer
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Cressington
High Resolution Sputter Coater
- PtPd or chromium
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Technics Hummer V
sputter coater
- Gold
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FEI 200F
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Confocal microscope:
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Zeiss LSM 510
META
- Lenses:
- 10x Dry
- 25x Glycerol
- 40x (uses Zeiss Immersion Oil)
- 60x DIC (uses Zeiss Immersion Oil)
- 60x water
- Lasers and Possible Excitation Wavelengths
- Argon/2 - 458nm,477nm,488nm,514nm
- HeNe 543 - 543nm
- HeNe633 - 633nm
- Diode 405-30 - 405
- Lenses:
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Zeiss LSM 510
META
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Leica
Fluorescence Microscope
- Water immersion lenses: 10x,20x,40x,63x
- Sutter Micromanipulator System
- Sutter Laser Micropipette Puller
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Image Analysis Workstation:
- OlympusBH-2 Light microscope
- Wild stereo microscope
- Jenoptik ProgRes C12plus digital camera
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Histology:
- Jung Biocut microtome for paraffin sections
- A & O Spencer microtome for paraffin sections
- Leica Cryocut 1800 for cryosectioning