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A Zeiss Personal 700 confocal microscope is available to use for Waterloo faculty to use, housed in Biology 1-173 for $20 per hour cost for training or use.

It has 10x, 20x, 40x (oil), 63x (oil), 100x (oil) objectives.

DIC is available for all except the 10x objectives.

Solid state confocal laser lines: 405 nm (UV), 488 (green), 555 (red), 639 (far red).

Motorized X-Y stage for tiling and mark&find, LED light source for epi-fluorescence

2015 - upgrade of Zeiss Personal 700 confocal (NSERC RTI grant #6)

2012 - installation of Zeiss Personal 700 confocal (NSERC RTI grant #5)

2009 - installation of Zeiss Zen software for Zeiss 510 meta confocal microscope (NSERC RTI grant #4)

2008 - upgrade of Zeiss Z1 AxioObserver microscope (NSERC RTI grant #3)

2007 - digital camera upgrade for Phillips CM10 Transmission Electron Microscope (NSERC RTI grant #2)

2006 - installation of Z1 AxioObserver microscope (NSERC RTI #1 and Spafford CFI-LOF grant)

2001- Installation of Zeiss 510 meta confocal microscope (Sivak/Bantseev CFI grant)