Discovery CenterNew Zeiss Axiovert 200 microscope added to Discovery Center
"The new microscope is a powerful addition to the core shared use instruments in the research laboratory," said Charles Evans, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Human Science. "It extends the ability of Human Science faculty and NHS students to look on the surface of and within individual cells at hormone and other receptors, enzymes, and even movement of molecules such as calcium into and within the cell during investigation of the processes of cell growth, division, and cell death." The images can be converted into digital data that can be analyzed in a variety of ways using software programs both during the actual visualization of the cell or later from the digital data that has been transferred and stored in a computer in the Discovery Center, Evans noted. The Zeiss microscope can detect 4 different fluorescent wavelengths (UV, GFP, Cy-3, and Cy-5). It comes with Apotome, which enables the microscope to scan in the Z plane, allowing for 3-dimensional image rendering. It can be expanded for live cell imaging. |
