The facility has Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) technologies, in addition to stereo and macroscopic systems. We will shortly be moving MicroCT into the facility.
Nikon Macroscope
- Room: CG06B
- Modality: Colour Brightfield, DIC, Fluorescence
- Fluorophores: DAPI, GFP, RFP + BF
- Objectives: 0.5x 1x, 2x, 4x, 5x (+ 1-8x zoom)
- Software: Micromanager
- Application: Developmental biology.
- Manual: Fluorescence & Colour Brightfield
Cox and Redroyal stereomicroscope (Leica)
- Room: CG06B
- Modality: Stereo
- Fluorophore: DAPI, GFP, RFP + BF
- Objectives: 0.63 – 10x
- Software: Micromanager
- Application: Epifluorescent, monochrome brightfield, embryo dissection.
- Manual: Cox, Redroyal
