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Department of Biochemistry is equipped with two Olympus Microscopes with epi-fluorescence attachments which are capable of imaging up to four different colours. The filter sets available are DAPI, FITC, TRITC and Cy5. Both microscopes are equipped with a CCD camera which is connected to the corresponding data collecting system.

Also we have two confocal microscopes, the Leica TCS SP2 confocal system and the Zeiss Confocor 3 system. These system are located in the R. L. Reid Building, Level 1, Room 314. We welcome users of these two systems from the University and other external Insitutions. A charge is applied to subsidise the cost of operating and maintaining the facilities.

Microscope systems
Olympus BX50

Olympus BX50
Upright manual microscope with up to three colour detection. This system is installed with DAPI filter MWU, a band pass FITC filter MWIB and a Texas Red filter MNG2. The camera is run on the Spot RT software.
Olympus IX81

Olympus IX81
Inverted automatic microscope with maximum four colour detection. This system has installed optics for DIC imaging, a DAPI MWU filter, a long pass FITC filter MWIBA2 and a Cy5 MF2 filter. The F-View2 camera is run on the Soft Imaging System SIS by Olympus.
Leica SP2 confocal

Leica TCS SP2
Inverted confocal microscope with three lasers (Ar ion, Green HeNe and Red HeNe), spectral scanning and up to four channel imaging. It is equipped with 3D, Physiology and Multicolor Software.

Zeiss confoCor3

Zeiss Confocal microscope /  Confocor 3 system (FCS)
LSM 510/FCS on an Axiovert 200M inverted system, powered with Argon, DPSS and HeNe lasers.  It has channels for two fluorescence signals and one transmission signal. The Confocor 3 system is equipped with two APD detectors configured for cross-correllation measurements.

Research projects in the department are also supported by the University Electron Microscopy Facility which has one SEM and one TEM. These are located in the same complex in the R. L. Reid Building.

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Last Updated: 27 October, 2008

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