Microscopy Facility
Sample Preparation—Microdissection and Tissue Sectioning
Microdissection
An Eppendorf microdissection system is available for micro-sampling of tissue slices and cells. System components include:
- Microdissector
- Transferman N2K
- CellTram Vario
- Siskiyou MX160L micromanipulator
- PixeLink PL-A662 color CCD firewire camera
- Zeiss Axiovert 40 CFl inverted microscope
- Exfo X-cite fluorescence illumination system
- filter sets for blue, green, and red fluorescence detection
Tissue Sectioning
- Leica VT1000S vibratome
- Shandon cryostat
- Leica EM UC6/EM FC6 cryo-ultramicrotome
- LKB 2128 ultramicrotome
