Tulane Medical School Campus J. Bennett Johnston Building 1324 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112-2699
PLEASE NOTE: Our scopes are under lock and key. Bring a completed IT form (Interdepartmental Transfer form) with you and give it to Krystal Brown in JBJ 665 before you check out the key. Please check our Calendar for availability.
Pricing and Capabilities
Timelapse: Nikon Eclipse TE200
Location: JBJ Room 623A Price: $15/hour for unassisted use and $25/hour for assisted/training use Capabilities: • Imaging living samples – FITC / DAPI / RHOD / DIC / Phase • Multiposition timelapse • Tiled images
Fluorescent Scopes
If the Upright scope can “do the job” then it should be used instead of the Deconvolution or Spinning Disk scopes, which are more subject to breakage.
Upright scope: Nikon Eclipse E800
This sophisticated microscope features high quality lenses for brightfield, contrast, and fluorescence imaging. Location: JBJ Room 660 Price: $25/hour for unassisted use and $50/hour for assisted/training use Capabilities: • Useful for brightfield, contrast, and fluorescence imaging (DAPI, GFP, Alexa) • Ideal for fixed specimens (oil objectives)
The Deconvolution (Decon or 3-D scope): Leica DMRXA2
Location: JBJ Room 334 Price: $25/hour for unassisted use and $50/hour for assisted/training use Capabilities: • Imaging brightfield and fluorophores (DAPI, GFP, Alexa) • Z-sectioning
Spinning Disk: Olympus BXS1W1
This sophisticated microscope features high quality lenses for brightfield, contrast, and fluorescence imaging. Location: JBJ Room 334 Price: $25/hour for unassisted use and $50/hour for assisted/training use Capabilities: • Imagine green, blue, red, and far-red fluorophores (GFP, Alexa 488/568/647)
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