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Light Microscopy

After being trained on how to operate the instrument best suited to their needs, users will be allowed to image their specimens with ongoing support from the staff. The light microscopy branch of the MIC operates several high-end confocal microscopes, each optimized for certain applications:

Point Scanning Confocals

Spinning Disk / TIRF / STORM

Wide-Field Microscopes