Research Facilities: Imaging
Confocal and Deconvolution Microscopy
Confocal Microscopy
The Confocal Imaging Facility at Georgia State
University is equipped with two Zeiss 510 Laser Scanning Microscopes
and additional NT-based workstations to acquire and analyze high
resolution images of living or fixed fluorescent specimen. One of
the microscopes has a Ti-Sapphire laser for multiphoton excitation.
The other system has an ultraviolet laser. Both are also equiped
with visible light lasers.
The
facility can be reserved by faculty, staff and students at Georgia
State University as well as scientists from other institutions.
Possible applications include:
- Imaging of single cells injected with fluorescent dyes
- Localization of fine cell structures using 3D reconstruction
- Detection of Calcium release in cells over time
- Release of charged compounds and monitoring their distribution
For more information contact Dr.
Vincent Rehder.
To schedule a training session please contact Birgit
Neuhaus at 404-651-0795.
To reserve one of the confocal microscopes, go to Room
Reservations
Reconstructive Deconvolution Microscopy
 The
Biology Department at Georgia State University is equipped with
a Delta Vision Imaging System that allows the user to image material
in 4D at high resolution (6.7 mm pixels) with a MicroMax 16 bit
CCD camera. Delta Vision applies sophisticated algorithms to remove
out of focus light and reassign refracted light to the calculated
point of origin. The result is an image with a broad dynamic range
of signal and stunning detail. Our system is equipped with DIC optics,
allowing the user combine DIC and fluorescent light microscopy.
The facility is open to faculty, staff and students at Georgia State
University as well as to scientists from other institutions. Possible
applications include:
- High resolution imaging of cells and subcellular structure
with multichannel detatil.
- Imaging of living cells over time.
- Detection and quantication of cell permeant, expressed, or injected
fluorescent probes in living cells
For more information contact Dr.
Patricia Wilson or visit the Reconstructive
Deconvolution Imaging page.
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