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The Center houses a Leica TCS SP2 spectral confocal microscope
that is equipped with:
- DM IRE2 inverted microscope with 10X,
20X, 40X, 63X, and 100X objectives and DIC optics (List
of objectives)
- Ar, He/Ne (green), and He/Ne (red) lasers with laser lines at
458, 476, 488, 514, 543, and 633nm
- Fully configurable Leica LCS software
- We have a quantity of DRAQ5, a nuclear
stain akin to DAPI, available for your use. It can be visualized
with the 633 laser line.
- The following filter cubes are available
for use in the DM IRE2: N2.1, L5, I3, and Y5. Specific
information about these cubes can be found here.
For training, contact David H.
Burk at (225)578-8246 to schedule
an appointment.
Note: As the confocal was obtained with partial
funding from the NIH, we ask that you acknowledge the NIH
in any publications
that arise from its use. Please see this
pdf document for more
details. Thanks!
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