The Microscopy Alliance | The University of Arizona

The Microscopy Alliance

The University of Arizona

A collaborative effort to bring information about shared microscopy facilities to the University of Arizona and the community.

Luxol fast blue (histology stain for myelin)

Polarized light microscopy - picrosirious red stain of optic nerve

AFM image of spin coated biodegradable polymer (polycaprolactone). (15 micron image) Jessi Gamboa (Yoon Group) and Brooke Beam

AFM image of Perylene deposited on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite. (2 micron image) Derek Mangelsdorf (Armstrong Group) and Brooke Beam

SEM image of the top of a Blue Papilio blumei butterfly wing. Brooke Beam

SEM image of a circuit board. Dee Belle-Oudry

SEM image of the compound eye of Drosophila fly. Dick Vreeland (Heien Group)

SEM image of the broken edge of mechanical pencil lead. Brooke Beam

Liver - Oil Red O stain for lipids (cryostat section) - CMM Histology Service Lab, Cromey

Widefield and deconvolved image of fluorescently labeled fibroblasts - Patty Jansma

TEM - Multi-lamina lipid bilayers showing cross-hatch pattern. Ammonium molybdate negative stain (Tony Day)

TEM Skeletal muscle with misplaced Z bands (Tony Day for Gregorio Lab)

TEM - Metallic nano particles. Unstained (Nick Pavlopoulos – Pyun Lab)

Events

Welcome Geosciences!

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 13:00 to Saturday, October 15, 2016 - 13:00

The Microscopy Alliance is please to welcome two core facilities from the School of Geosciences. The Arizona LaserChron SEM Facility and the SEM Facility are both located in the Gould-Simpson building.

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New equipment for 2016!

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:45 to Saturday, December 31, 2016 - 12:45

The following pieces of equipment have been added to the Microscopy Alliance Site in 2016:

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