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Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
The Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology maintains a fully equipped Microscopy Facility that includes transmission and scanning electron microscopes, a confocal laser scanning microscope, widefield fluorescence microscopes and a variety of image analysis applications. In addition, expert staff is available for consultation, instruction, assistance, technical support and collaboration. Contact Dr. Scott Henderson for further information.
The Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology maintains additional imaging systems:
- Morphometric analyses: Nikon Optiphot-2 microscope equipped with a MRI-103 driver for a MAC 2000 motorized stage and a MTI 3CCD video camera interfaced with the MicroBrightfield Neurolucida software.
- Image Capture and Analysis Facilities: Image analysis, 3-D reconstruction, phosphor imaging, calcium imaging and denistometric analysis of gels and autogradiograms: This facility includes three video equipped workstations interfaced with the MCID M5+ platform from Imaging Research, Inc.
University Shared Resources
- Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University operates shared laboratory resources that provide technologies and services to basic scientists throughout the University.
- Transgenic Mouse Core Facility
- Biostatistics Shared Resource Facility
- Flow Cytometry and Imaging Shared Resource Facility
- Research Histopathology Core Facility
- Hybridoma and Cell Culture Shared Resource Facility
- Functional Genomics MALDI-TOF MS Shared Resource Facility
- Molecular Biology Core Facility
- Molecular Biology Supply Center
- Virus Vector Shared Resource Facility
- Nucleic Acids Research Facilities
- Structural Biology Shared Resource Facility
University Computer Support, Training and Libraries
- The Computer Based Instruction Laboratory
- University Computing Services
- Tompkins-McCaw Library (medical campus)
- James Branch Cabell Libraries (academic campus)
