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- | **Microscopy Area** | ||
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- | ====== Confocal Microscopy ====== | ||
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- | Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) is a standard technology with the following advantages over conventional widefield microscopy: | ||
- | * Removal of light from out-of-focus planes; | ||
- | * Improved lateral (XY) and axial (Z) resolution; | ||
- | * Ability to perform a series of optical sections from specimens; | ||
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- | The confocal microscope is a valuable tool for research because the system is able to obtain images with clarity and reasonable resolution, thus enabling 3-D reconstruction of the specimen from optical sections or series of images obtained. | ||
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- | The service involves the use of a latest generation **Zeiss LSM980** confocal microscope with Airyscan 2 for high resolution imaging and a **Leica TCS SP2** confocal microscope, both equipped with 5 laser sources at different wavelengths. | ||
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- | The Unit also provides equipment for sample preparation and maintenance prior to imaging, as well as resources for the data processing. | ||
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- | **The 3D-imaging properties of the CLSM make it an ideal tool to study cell biology and life sciences.** | ||
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- | <p>Key applications areas include:<p> | ||
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- | <li>localization and co-localization in cells and tissues;</li> | ||
- | <li>cytoskeleton and organelle functions;</li> | ||
- | <li>vesicles trafficking;</li> | ||
- | <li>membrane and ion probes;</li> | ||
- | <li>cell migration and invasion;</li> | ||
- | <li>bioluminescent proteins;</li> | ||
- | <li>epitope tagging;</li> | ||
- | <li>cellular metabolism, oxidative reactions;</li> | ||
- | <li>Cytotoxicity;</li> | ||
- | <li>Stem cell research;</li> | ||
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- | In addition, the Unit also provides basic protocols and all reagents needed to perform manually routine histological stainings (e.g. H&E and immune staining). | ||
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- | Personnel of the Unit assist scientist throughout the full process of microscopy experiments: design projects, processing data and analyzing images, and interpreting and shaping final results. | ||
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- | === To ask for the service: === | ||
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- | - preliminary contact the Confocal Microscopy unit staff; | ||
- | - fill out the online form '**[[richiesta|Service Request]]**' briefly illustrating the scientific problem, type and number of samples, etc.; | ||
- | - plan a meeting with the unit staff to discuss methods, costs, timing etc. | ||
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- | > Contacts: | ||
- | > [[serena.cecchetti@iss.it|Serena Cecchetti]], ☎ **+39 06 4990 2966** | ||
- | > [[francesca.spadaro@iss.it|Francesca Spadaro]], ☎ **+39 06 4990 6092** | ||
- | > Where we are: **building 20, floor 2, room 6** | ||
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