Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience

Confocal Microscopy Service

Confocal

Annette- supervisor of Confocal Microscopy.


Contacts

Heather Young
Phone: 8344 0007
Email: h.young@unimelb.edu.au
Annette Bergner
Phone: 8344 5770
Email: a.bergner@unimelb.edu.au
 

 

Gene Venables
Phone: 8344 7646
Email: veg@unimelb.edu.au

   


Location

Room E201,
Department of Anatomy &Neuroscience,
Medical School Building (corner of Grattan Street and Royal Parade),
University of Melbourne


Facilities

We have 3 confocal microscopes that are available for use by anyone at the University of Melbourne or surrounding institutes (see rates below).  The confocal microscopes are a Zeiss Meta, Zeiss Pascal and a Biorad, which are all mounted on Zeiss Axioplan upright microscopes.  All three microscopes are equipped with lasers and filters to visualise FITC (or GFP - green), Texas Red (red) and Cy5 (far red).  In addition the Meta has a 405 laser that can be used to image some UV dyes including DAPI.  The Meta also has spectral capabilities.

Confocal
Confocal
Confocal

Training

Prior to using the confocal microscopes for the first time, it is necessary to book a lesson (see rates below) with Annette Bergner (see above for contact details).


Booking

You can book a session of each of the microscopes using the online booking calender. Access to the calendar, including logins and passwords, is provided to all approved users upon completion of the introductory lesson. 


Rates

User
Rate

Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Department of Pathology (unassisted use)

$17.50/h

Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Department of Pathology (assisted use)

$94.00/h

Other departments within the University of Melbourne (unassisted use)

$31.90/h

Other departments within the University of Melbourne (assisted use)

$105.50/h

External users, including research institutes (unassisted use)

$35.00/h

External users, including research institutes (assisted use)

$111.70/h

 

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