A List of the Major Items of Equipment within the Core
Select an application topic and the appropriate equipment will open. Whenever there is a 
next to the name of a given
piece of equipment, please click
on the thumbnail to view an image of the equipment as well as a summary
of it's potential uses.
| Biology Applications | ||
| Basic | Equipment covered in Training Class |
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| Support | ||
| DNA/RNA | ||
| Protein/Proteomics | ||
| DNA/RNA/Protein | ||
| Cell | ||
| Chromatography | ||
| Genomics | Software | |
| Imaging | ||
| Chemiluminescent Imaging | ||
| Fluorescent Imaging | ||
| Gel Documentation | ||
| Molecular Imaging | ||
| Image Quantitation/Analysis | ||
| Other Core Facilities Applications | ||
| Fermentation | Fermentation and Cell Breakage | |
| Kinetic Analysis | ||
| Biological Microcalorimetry | ||
| Surface Plasmon Resonance | ||
| Microscopy and Imaging | Microscopy | |
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Confocal Microscopes |
allows for the optical section and reconstruct of 3 dimensional images of living cells and tissue using assorted fluorescent probes | |
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Laser Scanning Zeiss 510, multiphoton |
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has a tunable Ti-Sapphire laser for multiphoton excitation, 710nm-1000nm and Argon 488nm and HeNe 543nm lasers attached to a Zeiss Axioskop2 with a variety of dry and immersion objectives ranging from 4x to 100x magnification. It is also equipped with a visible light laser. |
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Laser Scanning Zeiss 510, w/ UV laser |
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has an ultraviolet laser and a visible light laser |
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LSM confocal 700, Zeiss |
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provides the tools for many types of imaging such as widefield deconvolution, structured illumination and single point laser scanning. |
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Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscopes |
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LEO 1450vp (SEMS) |
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has a maximum resolution up to 30nm. It is equipped with EDS for elemental analysis, an electron back scattering detector and is equipped with low vacuum SE detector. |
LEO906E (TEM) |
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a range of 40x - 600,000x , built in automated illumination, optimized high contrast objective lens and continuous magnification zoom and rotation. Cryo-based techniques and X-ray microanalysis are also available |
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Epi-fluorescence/Epi-white-capable Microscopes w/ DIC optics |
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EpiNikon E800 microscope + Axiocam |
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equipped for brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC), with a broad selection of objective lenses and several fluorescence filter sets |
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Axiovert 100M inverted microscope, + Axiocam, Zeiss |
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equipped for brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC), with a broad selection of objective lenses and several fluorescence filter sets |
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Specialized microscopes |
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Delta Vision Deconvolution Imaging System |
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allows the user to image material in 4D at high resolution (6.7 mm pixels) |
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Laser Capture Microscope, Arcturus |
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can be used to separate individual cell types from within complex tissues and organs |
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HIgh Speed Imaging System, Till Photonics |
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Fluorescence/ion imaging system used for live acquisitions, Ca imaging and time lapse imaging. |
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Microtomes/Coating systems |
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RMC MR 3 rotary |
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Designed forc easy cutting of samples |
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MTX Ultra microtome with cryo mode |
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for ultra-thin and semi-thin cryosectioning of biological specimens, requiring low temperature thin sectioning |
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Denton Desk IV Turbo vacuum coating system |
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Denton Desk II Sputter coater/Carbon coater |
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| Histology | ||
| Imaging | ||
| Neuroscience Institute | Histology | |
| Imaging | ||
| Modeling | ||
| Molecular Modeling | ||
| Spectrometric Analysis | ||
| Mass Spectrometry | ||
| NMR Spectrometry | ||
| Spectroscopy | ||
This information is given as a guide to the facilities and instrumentation available in the DNA/Protein Core facility at Georgia State University. If you have any concerns or thoughts about the content of this website please contact: John Houghton (404) 413-5390
