Equipment

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BRIGHT FIELD & FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

Leica M205c

Brightfield stereoscope with camera

Leica MZ FLIII

Fluorescence stereoscope with camera

Zeiss Stereo Lumar V12

Motorised fluorescence stereoscope with camera

Zeiss AxioImager M1

Compound fluorescence microscope with DIC and camera

Leica DMR

Compound fluorescence microscope with DIC and camera

Leica SP8

Upright laser-scanning confocal and multi-photon microscope

INFRA-RED & HYPERSPECTRAL MICROSCOPY

Bruker Vertex 70 & Hyperion 3000

Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectrometer with microscope and focal plane array detector

Olympus BX43F -Cytoviva hyperspectral imaging microscope

Olympus compound microscope with Cytoviva enhanced dark field and hyperspectral imaging microscope

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY & SEM SAMPLE PREPARATION

Zeiss EVO LS15

Scanning electron microscope

Emitech K550X

Gold and carbon sputter coater

Tousimis Autosamdri-815

Fully automatic critical point dryer (CPD)

SECTIONING EQUIPMENT

Leica CM1850

Cryostat

Leica VT1000s

Automatic vibratome

Leica SM2010R

Sledge microtome

Reichart-Jung Ultracut E

Cryo-microtome

Leica Ultracut6

Automatic ultramicrotome

OTHER EQUIPMENT AND GENERAL FACILITIES

Imaging Station

High performance computer dedicated to image analysis

Vacuum Chamber

Vacuum chamber

Pelco BioWave Pro

Temperature-controlled microwave tissue processing system

PC2 lab space

General PC2 labspace for sample preparation, with equipped bench space, stereoscopes, laminar flow and 4x fume hoods.