Microscopy Facilities
at the University of California, Berkeley
There are three core laboratories on campus that offer expertise, instruction, and instrumentation in optical microscopy for research.
- The CNR Biological Imaging Facility (This lab): Confocal, deconvolution, and widefield fluorescence microscopy, live-cell imaging, microtechnique, training in digital image processing and analysis. Located in 381 Koshland Hall
- Molecular Imaging Center: Multi-photon laser scanning confocal microscopy, electrophysiology, live-cell imaging. Located in LSA and LKS.
- Electron Microscopy Laboratory: Transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Located in Giannini Hall.
- CIRM/QB3 Shared Stem Cell Facility: Available for the study of stem cells. Located in Stanley Hall
- The Golub Microscope Collection: Web site dedicated to Dr. Orville J. Golub's collection of antique microscopes from the 17thÐ20th Centuries. The collection is located in VLSB
This image of the month shows a fern sorus, or grouping of sporangia, arising from the abaxial surface of the Polypodium fern. The individual sporangia and associated paraphyses are visible arising from the large receptacle. This sample was fixed in FAA, infiltrated and embedded in paraffin, sectioned at 8µm, and stained with Safranin and Orange G ("Sharman's" stain series). The tapetum and sporogenous tissue also can be seen within individual sporangia.
Preparations like this can be made in the BIF course: Plant & Animal Microtechnique.
The Biological Imaging Facility is a core microscope imaging lab at the University of California, Berkeley.
The BIF specializes in Widefield, Confocal, and Deconvolutuion microscopy of fluorescent samples.
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