Microscope Lab

Location

HSC421A, Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex

Purpose

• Macrobotanical and microbotanical analysis
• Comparative collection storage

Equipment and Features

Digital Microscope – Keyence, VHX7000 

With a 4k fully integrated camera unit with two high resolution lenses this microscope bridges the gap between traditional reflected light quality images and scanning electron microscopy. It can also be used for transmitted light, and polarized light. The unit includes a large screen and a range of processing, measuring and analytical software. With fully handheld capabilities the high-performance zoom lens allows for larger samples to be analysed. 

 

Transmitted Polarizing Light Microscope – NIKON ECLIPSE Ni-E

Equipped with Nikon CMOS sensor technology, the Digital Sight 10 enables color and monochrome capture of high resolution 6K images. With three high resolution lenses this microscope can be used for transmitted light and polarized light. The fully motorized model includes a stage with 4 slide scanning capabilities.

Transmitted Polarizing Light Microscopes – NIKON ECLIPSE Si, (x2) 

With a mechanical stage, these straight forward microscopes use the CFI60 infinity-corrected optical system and long-lasting LED illumination and are essentially plug and play. Equipped with a screen and 5G Wifi connectivity these microscopes provide are perfect for student use.

 

Transmitted Polarizing Light Microscope – NIKON ECLIPSE Ci-POL

A polarizing light microscope equipped with a circular rotating stage, and CFI60 infinity optics. This microscope is used to quickly assess and differentiate starch grains from spherulites, including starch spherulites. This microscope is also appropriate for micromorphological thin section analysis. 

HP Workstation – HP Z4 Workstation

This workstation includes an HP Z38c 37.5” 4K UHD IPS curved docking monitor and an Intel XEON w3 processor enabling it to tackle large tasks including massive dataset preparation, accelerating workflows. This workstation has the ability to grow with the lab with the ability to increase memory and storage.