University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Info:
Ken Yamauchi
610 Charles E Young Dr. South
TLSB 3000, Mail Code: 735704
Los Angeles, CA 90095
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/microscopy-core
Grants and Identifiers:
RRID: RRID:SCR_024914
Instrumentation:
Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
Laser Scanning Microscopes (LSM) for high resolution imaging of biological or material samples. The compact scanning module can be fitted to an inverted (Axio Observer.Z1 RP or SP) or upright (Axio Imager.Z2, Axio Imager.M2 or Axio Examiner) microscope. [Product Link]
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Zeiss LSM 880 with Airyscan Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
Fully enclosed laser scanning confocal imaging microscopefor heating and environmental control with media perfusion capabilities and CO2 control. It can be used for Live Cell Imaging, FRET and Anisotropy, FRAP and FLIP, FCS, Photoactivation/ -conversion. [Product Link]
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(Equipment No Longer Active At this Facility)
Yokogawa and Zeiss CSU-X1
CSU-X1 spinning disk confocal on Zeiss Observer Z1 stand
(Equipment No Longer Active At this Facility)
Yokogawa on Zeiss Observer Z1 stand CSU-X1 Spinning Disk Confocal
Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope
Zeiss AxioImager with Apotome Microscope
Upright wide-field fluorescence and transmitted light microscope
Zeiss LSM 880 with 2 photon
LSM 880 confocal on Observer Z1 with Coherent Ti-Sapphire 2 photon laser
Services Provided:
3D & 4D Image Processing Stations
Computer-assisted Neuron Tracing And Analysis
Confocal/ Super Resolution Microscope
Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy
Fluorescence Microscope With Optical Sectioning Capability
Multiplexed Immunofluorescence
Shared Instrumentation Oversight & Maintenance
Spinning Disk Confocal Imaging
Relevant Publications:
Description:
The Microscopy Core is a collaboration of the Broad Stem Cell Research Center and the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology. The Core's mission is to promote interdisciplinary and collaborative research across UCLA. The Core provides state-of-the-art, high resolution technologies for imaging and analyzing the molecular and structural organization of cells and tissue as well as bioengineered materials. The technologies available in this Core include confocal, wide-field fluorescence and live-cell imaging, as well as software for image analysis.
