CRAM Microscope Facilities

Bio-Rad MRC-1000/1024 Confocal Microscope

40mW Solid State two line laser (Cobalt, Dual CalypsoTM, 491, 532 nm)

  • This system has great software and ease of use, it is an all-purpose confocal microscope suited to routine imaging. It may also be used for advanced imaging techniques such as FRET and FRAP

  • This confocal is ideal for dual labelling with dyes such as:

    Alexa Fluor-488, eGFP

    Alexa Fluor-546, Rhodamine.

  • This microscope may be used with fixed specimens or live preparations. It is equipped with a 37°C incubator 5% CO2 and a water immersion lens and is well suited to time-lapse imaging.