Confocal:

Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

  LSM510 Confocal Microscope with META
# Sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and the Cancer Center at  UT Southwestern
# Administrated by Amelia Eisch
# Location: NC6.506C
# Phone number (don't leave messages): 214-648-7427
# Installed: October 24, 2002
# Laser lines: Argon - 477, 488, 514; HeNe1 - 543; HeNe2 - 633
# META: Yes (What's META?)
# Microscope: Zeiss Axiovert 200
# Epifluor.filters: DAPI, CY2, CY3
# Objectives: 10X, 20X, 63X (water immersion), 100X (oil immersion)
# Computer: Pascal/Siemens tower with IPIV Processor, 1.7 Ghz, 1 GB  RDRAM, 80 GB HD,
CD-RW, ZIP with dual screen monitor.
# Users:  Priority use of the LSM510 confocal microscope is given to  permanent members
of the Dept of Psychiatry and the Cancer Center at  UT Southwestern. All users pay an
hourly fee, but this charge is  higher for researchers who are not members of the Dept of
Psychiatry  or the Cancer Center.  All users must be trained/approved prior to  use. 
Contact Amelia Eisch for more information.
# Signup: Signup sheets are on the door of NC6.506C.  Online signup is  pending.
# Poster on the wall: Is from Chroma.  It's a mosquito larvae from a  flower pot.  Cool,
huh?

Helpful microscopy links and contacts

Trouble with the Dept of Psychiatry Confocal and can't reach Dr. Eisch?
Zeiss contacts:
Zeiss voice mail system: 1-800-233-2343
Hardware issues (call first for problems): Percy Halley (phalley@zeiss.com ), 281-222-0856
Zeiss service: 1-800-633-6610 option 1 (see protocol for ID# and  LSM510 serial#)
Zeiss website: http://www.zeiss.com
Sales:  Laura Main (lmain@zeiss.com) 214-924-7249
Software issues:  800/233-2343 x7749 or Jason Kirk (jkirk@zeiss.com)  800-543-1033
Websites of companies we are proud to work with:

Leeds Instruments
Molecular Probes
Vector Laboratories

Cool image and imaging links (many have immunohistochemistry tips as  well):
Online version of confocal microscopy guide by James B. Pawley and J.  Paul Robinson
(really good)

Steve Potter's group at Emory/Georgia Tech
Molecular Expression's interactive confocal microscopy tutorial
Confocal microscopy at the Univeristy of Wisconsin


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