Imaging Center

Biology Department

The biology imaging center houses transmission electron, confocal, upright, inverted, and stereo microscopes as well as jointly operating a state of the art environmental scanning electron instrument in conjunction with the Geology department. Advanced optical techniques such as differential interference contrast, phase contrast, and fluorescence are implemented on several pieces of the equipment.

The electron microscopy instrumentation consists of a Philips EM201 transmission electron microscope and a Philips Quanta-400 scanning electron microscope which is equipped with a peltier cooling stage, EDAX EDS detector, and an EBSD detector. The confocal microscope is a Nikon PCM2000 with dual channel detection mounted on a Nikon E-800. A steromicroscope (Nikon SMZ1500) has been adapted for fluorescence imaging. Image analysis is carried out in SimplePCI software that has the ability to perform motion tracking, deconvolution, and correlation calculations. Histology equipment includes an automated tissue processor, several microtomes and ultra microtomes, glass knife makers, an embedding station, and diamond knives for the preparation of tissues for microscopic observation.

Equipment

Images taken at the Imaging Center

Contact - jmoore@bucknell.edu