Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility

microscopy.unc.edu

At the University of North Carolina

The Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility is a research microscopy facility in the Thurston Bowles Building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The facility provides standard and advanced digital light microscopy and image processing resources to users from the UNC Chapel Hill campus on a fee for use basis.  Instrumentation and instruction are provided to enable users to acquire, process and analyze images from samples they have prepared, or we can acquire data with you.

Information for new and current users - Users are required to complete the user information form and training with facility personnel for each microscope resource they wish use, or be assisted with scanning. Please contact Michael or Wendy in order to schedule training or assisted scanning.  All users with wet or live samples must read this note.

• Mission Statement
• Facility Policies
• Charges
• New user/updated information form
• Information about MHmicroscopy Logon accounts
• After hours access to Thurston Bowles 6129, 6123 & 6033a
• All users with wet or live samples must read the note at this link

• Image Processing Workstation - \\Zernike now runs Volocity
• MetaMorph 7.1 now also available on \\Snell in addition to \\Brewster
• Fluorescence filters for far-red emitting dyes (eg. Cy5, Alexa 647, Draq-5) on the Inverted Leica fluorescence microscope.  See Michael or Wendy for installation.

• Apr 14: SERVER \\MINSKY IS RESTORED  Logons and access to shared directories and files are restored.  Please contact Michael if you notice any issues.
• Mar 28: QuicktimePRO is being capricious on the Snell image processing workstation

• Photoshop and PowerPoint classes - on campus - learn how to use them better!

• Thurston Bowles building room 6129, 6033a, 6033 & 6123
• Users phone number: 966-7051 room 6129, 6033a, 6033, 6123

• Inverted Leica fluorescence microscope with digital cameras and DIC
• Upright Nikon fluorescence microscope and dissecting scope with color CCD camera
• Inverted Nikon Microscope, TE2000 multifunction time lapse with dual cameras

• Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope, Zeiss 510 meta
• Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope, Leica SP2 aobs
• Spinning Disk Confocal, Perkin Elmer
• Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope, LeicaTCS-4D

• Laser Micro-Dissection and capture, Leica AS-LMD
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Microscope stage heaters
• Color solid dye printer: Xerox Phaser 8550
• Laser jet double sided printer: HP1320
• High resolution color scanner: Epson Perfection 4180 Photo
• Humidified  Incubator
• Refrigerator (4 C) for sample and reagent storage

• Computer resources - File trasfer - Network Connections - Accounts/Passwords
• Image Processing Workstations: Brewster - Snell - Young - Zernike - Gould
• C-Imaging versions 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 & 6.5
• Metamorph 7.1 Training
• Volocity  v4.3 - 3D rendering & 3D/4D analysis
• Image Surfer: Young, Snell & your computer!
• Viewing & support software
• The using the command Prompt
• How To's - basic image handling: colorize, overlay images, etc.

Copyright 2001-08   M. Chua, Office of Research, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Last updated  04/27/08