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UArizona Microscopy Core Facilities

Name Building Capabilities:
Arizona LaserChron Center Gould-Simpson Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Cathodoluminescence, Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)
Biomedical Imaging Core Arizona Biomedical Collaborative (ABC, Phoenix) Brightfield, Fluorescence, Widefield, Confocal (point scanning, spectral), Multiphoton/confocal, Two photon excitation, Phase Contrast, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC, Nomarski), Deconvolution, Microscope slide scanning, Inverted optical microscope, Upright optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera, RGB color camera, 3D image analysis/rendering, Stereology software
Comparative Pathology Core Lab Arizona Health Sciences Center Brightfield, Fluorescence, Widefield, Microscope slide scanning, Motorized stage
Functional Genomics Core Keating building (BIO5) Fluorescence, Confocal (Spinning Disk), High content screening (HCS) [high content analysis (HCA)], Microscope slide scanning
Imaging Cores - Electron Life Sciences North Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), immuno-EM
Imaging Cores - Optical Life Sciences North, Marley Brightfield, Fluorescence, Widefield, Stereo microscope, Confocal (point scanning, spectral), Reflection microscopy, Multiphoton/confocal, Two photon excitation, Second Harmonic Generation (SHG), Superresolution, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC, Nomarski), Polarized, Inverted optical microscope, Upright optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera, RGB color camera, Image Analysis workstation, Image analysis software, Stereology software, 2D image analysis, Image processing workstation, Microwave (research grade), Vibratome
Keck Center for Nano-Scale Imaging Biological Sciences West, Chemical Sciences Fluorescence, Confocal (Spinning Disk), Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRF), Differential Interference Contrast (DIC, Nomarski), Inverted optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Electron Beam Lithography, X-ray Microanalysis, Image processing workstation
Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility Kuiper Space Sciences Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Focused Ion Beam (FIB-SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Characterization/analysis, Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Wavelength dispersive analysis (microprobe), X-ray Microanalysis, 3D image analysis/rendering
MCB Imaging facility Life Sciences South Brightfield, Fluorescence, Widefield, Deconvolution, Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP), Inverted optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera, RGB color camera, Image analysis software
Michael J. Drake Electron Microprobe Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Characterization/analysis, Wavelength dispersive analysis (microprobe)
Microscopy Shared Resource UA Cancer Center Brightfield, Fluorescence, Widefield, Confocal (point scanning, spectral), Confocal (Spinning Disk), Multiphoton/confocal, Two photon excitation, Superresolution, Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (PALM/STORM), Deconvolution, Microscope slide scanning, Inverted optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera, RGB color camera
Research Microscopy Core Service Medical Research Building (MRB) Fluorescence, Widefield, Deconvolution, Inverted optical microscope, Environmental Chamber (Live Cell Imaging), Motorized stage, Greyscale camera
SEM Facility (Geosciences) Gould-Simpson Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray Microanalysis
Translational Bioimaging Resource Bioscience Research Laboratory (BSRL) Multiphoton/confocal, Intravital, Two photon excitation, Second Harmonic Generation (SHG), Third Harmonic Generation (THG), Upright optical microscope, Motorized stage