Available equipment:

1) Confocal microscope Zeiss LSM710 (PC - Vista)
Environmental controlled chamber (temperature and CO2). Excitation laser wavelength and PMT detectors available are:

• 405 nm; 458 nm; 488 nm; 514 nm; 543 nm; 594 nm; 633 nm
• 3 PMT reflection (detection can be adjusted between 370 and 740 nm +/-1 nm)
• 1 PMT transmission (non confocal)

2) Confocal inverted microscope LSM510 (Zeiss) (Windows PC environment)
Excitation laser wavelength and PMT detectors available are:

• 458 nm; 488 nm; 514 nm; 543 nm; 633 nm
• 3 PMT reflection
• 1 PMT transmission (non confocal)

3) Upright microscope Axiophot from Zeiss with dual binocular and fluorescence (Micropublisher digital color camera used along with MZ12 dissecting microscope) (Windows PC environment)

4) Inverted microscope Axiovert S100TV from Zeiss with fluorescence (Retiga EXi cooled digital camera) (Windows PC environment)

5) Upright microscope Leitz DMRB from Leica with fluorescence (Sony DCX-950P 3CCD digital camera) (Windows PC environment)

6) Dissecting microscope MZ12 from Leica (Micropublisher digital color camera used along with MZ12 dissecting Axiophot microscope)

7) Upright microscope DM6000 B from Leica with fluorescence (Hamamatsu Orca-ER Model C-4742 digital camera) (MAC environment)

8) Dissecting microscope MZ16FA from Leica with mercury arc lamp for epi-fluorescence imaging (DFC300 FX digital camera from Leica) (MAC environment)

9) Inverted microscope DMIRB from Leica with fluorescence (Retiga EXi cooled camera with RGB filters used along with the DM4000 B microscope) (MAC environment)

10) Upright microscope DM4000 B from Leica with fluorescence (Retiga EXi cooled camera with RGB filters used along with the DMIRB microscope) (MAC environment)

11) Two inverted microscopes DM IRE2 from Leica (Hamamatsu Orca-ER Model C-4742 digital camera) (MAC environment) with:

• CO2 control
• Temperature control
• XYZ stage