West Campus Imaging Core
About the core
The Imaging Core provides access and training to a broad collection of shared instruments. These include a fleet of optical microscopes with three confocal systems, two wide-field systems, a laser-microdissection system, a cell-culture microscope, a stereomicroscope, and a newly built optical tweezer system. An atomic force microscope (AFM) is also available.
The core also maintains cell-culture equipment, such as a biosafety cabinet, incubators, a refrigerator, and microfuges and lab support areas for cell culture and sample preparation.
Equipment
Confocal microscopes
- Leica SP8
- Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon
- Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal CSU-W1
Microscopes
- Leica DMi8
- Leica Thunder Imager 3D
- Leica DMiL LED
Light sheet microscope
- Miltenyi UM Blaze
Laser microdissection microscope
- Leica LMD7000
Optical tweezers
- Thorlabs optical tweezers system
Atomic force microscope
- Asylum Research Cypher AFM
Stereo microscope
- Leica M125
Available to Yale researchers & external researchers
Core website
March 18 workshop
Join us in person or on Zoom for workshop on tissue clearing for 3D imaging with the Blaze light sheet microscope.
Learn moreMarch 18 workshop
Join us in person or on Zoom for workshop on tissue clearing for 3D imaging with the Blaze light sheet microscope.
Learn moreContacts
Primary contact
Faculty Director
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West Campus Cleanroom
The cleanroom includes 1200 square feet of wet and dry clean laboratories rated at Class 1000, with features standard to most cleanrooms.
Lauren McCabe, PhD
Primary contact Assistant Director, Cleanroom