Imaging and Visualization Center
The Imaging and Visualization facility houses the following equipment:
- Olympus FluoView 3000 confocal microscope with computer-controlled XYZ stage and five diode lasers (405, 488, 561, 594, 640 nm)
- Olympus FluoView 1000 confocal microscope with computer-controlled XYZ stage and four lasers
- Olympus two-laser TIRF system
- Olympus IX81 inverted microscope with a cooled grayscale CCD camera (ORCA-Flash 4.0) and an XYZ stage
- Olympus BX53 upright microscope with a color camera
- Tokai Hit chamber for live cell observation with temperature, humidity, and CO2control
- Optics for DIC and phase contrast
- Optics for the measurement of cell profile, cell volume, and protein content
The facility is open to faculty and students. To request user time at the facility, contact Dr. Michael Model at 330-672-2874 or by email at mmodel@kent.edu. Trained users can sign up for FluoView 3000 on . See file Rules for Microscope Use.
Rules for Microscope Use:
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