Technologies available in the BIOLOGICAL IMAGING FACILITY at UC Berkeley
- Epifluorescence microscopy
- Zeiss Elyra 7 SIM super-resolution Lattice SIM microscope for living cells
- Zeiss Elyra PS.1 super-resolution SIM/PALM/StORM microscope
- Zeiss LSM 880 inverted confocal laser scanning microscope for live-cell and FCS imaging
- Zeiss LSM 710 upright confocal laser scanning microscope.
- Zeiss/Yokagawa Spinning Disk confocal microscope
- Zeiss AxioImager M1 & M2:
- Color camera plus high resolution grayscale camera for 12-bit image capture
- iVision for control and scripting
- Zeiss AxioObserver Z1 inverted epifluorescence microscope for live-cell imaging for Bright field, Dark field, Phase, DIC, PlasDIC.
- High resolution digital sCMOS camera (Tucsen) for 16-bit image capture,
- iVision for control, scripting, and long-term experiments
- Zeiss AxioZoom V.16 for low mag fluorescence imaging (Tucsen sCMOS camera)
- iVision for control, scripting, and long-term experiments
- Zeiss Stereo Lumar Epifluorescence stereo microscope for low magnification fluorescence imaging
- IVIS In Vivo imager
- Resonon Pika L hyperspectral camera
- Computer image processing and analysis
- Bitplane Imaris for 3D imaging, particle tracking, and colocalization
- SVI HuygensPro for deconvolution, particle analysis, stitching and colocalization
- iVision for 2D image processing, analysis, and microscope control.
- Microtomes:
- Leica CM3050S motorized Cryotome
- Leica RM2255 motorized retracting Microtome
- Microtechnique
- Paraffin techniques for general light microscopy using microwave acceleration (MRA BP-111-RS tissue processor)
- Plastic (methacrylate) techniques for general light microscopy
- Cryomicrotomy