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Transgenic Zebrafish Core Laboratory
Instrumentation
Zebrafish
embryos are optically transparent and easily accessible for observation and
experimental manipulation. To exploit these features the Zebrafish Core is
well equipped with the following instrumentation.
Microscopy
- Zeiss AxioPlan 2 upright microscope
40X DIC/water objective
63X DIC/water objective
100X DIC/oil objective - Leica MZ FLIII stereomicroscope
- Zeiss Stemmi SV11 stereomicroscope
- Zeiss AxioVert100 inverted microscope with filters for EGFP, YFP, and CFP
Imaging
- Hammamatsu Orca CCD camera
- Diagnostics Instruments Spot RT slider camera system
- Zeiss ZVS video system / Panasonic SVHS time lapse recorder
- Kodak DCS 420 digital camera
Other Research Equipment
- Micropoint pulsed nitrogen laser for heat shock and cell ablation.
- Sutter P-97 horizontal needle puller
- BioRad CHEF-DR III Pulsed Field Electrophoresis System
- Macintosh G4 and G3 computers