Announcements

  1. The Olympus multiphoton system has now been upgraded to a dual IR-laser system, permitting simultaneous photoactivation or photobleaching using one excitation wavelength and imaging using a different IR excitation wavelength. Contact Shiva for more information regarding the multiphoton capabilities of the BIRC.
  2. The Nikon TIRF/FLIM microscope system is now up and running. The system also has the Perfect Focus module, allowing long-term timelapse imaging of living cells without focal drift. The Lambert Instruments FLIM system can be used in both widefield mode and TIRF mode. A Micropoint laser on the system can be used for photobleaching, photoactivation and ablation. Contact Alison with any questions about this recent arrival.
  3. The Olympus LCV110U "Viva View" incubator fluorescence microscope that was on long-term loan has now been purchased by the BIRC. This system allows multi-day, multidimensional time-lapse imaging of up to 8 dishes of cells inside a 37°C, CO2 incubator. The new model also allows control of oxygen levels for hypoxia studies. Contact Alison to use this system - "Fluffles" - for your experiments.