Breast Center Animal Handling and Imaging Core Facility

Imaging Capabilities

Microscope type

Model

Lighting

Objectives

Zoom

Filters

Location

Upright compound

Zeiss Axioskop 2

Bright field

Fluorescence

10x
20x
40x
40x oil
63x oil
100x oil

n.a .

FITC

Texas red

DAPI

Lewis lab

Inverted compound

Olympus X70

Bright field

Fluorescence

10x
20x
40x
40x oil
100x oil

n.a .

FITC

Texas red

DAPI

11^th Floor Scope Room

Microscopy- By Permission (contact Michael Lewis)

Microscope type	Model	Lighting	Objectives	Zoom	Filters	Location
Stereomicroscope	Leica MZFL-III	Bright field Dark field Fluorescence	0.5x 1.0x 2.0x	0.8x-10x	GFP CFP RFP	Lewis lab
Upright compound	Nikon E1000	Bright field Fluorescence	4x 10x 20x 20x(immersion) 40x oil 60x oil 100x oil	n.a .	FITC Texas red DAPI Cy5	Pathology lab
Laser Confocal	Nikon E1000 w/ PCM2000 laser package	Argon (488nm) Red HeNe (546nm) Green HeNe (633nm)	4x 10x 20x 20x(immersion) 40x oil 60x oil 100x oil	n.a .	3 PMT detectors for Green , Red , and Far red	Pathology lab

Microscopy Core	Integrated Microscopy Core	Michael Mancini 713- 798-8952 mancini@bcm.tmc.edu
MRI	Frensley Center For Imaging Research	L. Anne Hayman 713- 798-5146 Room 150H
X-Ray