microscope Protocols

Category: Molecular Imaging: Confocal Microscopy Protocols and Information

LRSM Confocal Microscope Home Page. Information on use and how confocal microscopy works. - [Read LRSM Confocal Microscope Home Page]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: Live-Cell Imaging Protocols

Live-cell imaging techniques provide a critical insight into the fundamental nature of cellular and tissue function, especially due to the rapid advances that are currently being witnessed in fluorescent protein and synthetic fluorophore technology. Because of these advances, live-cell imaging has become a requisite analytical tool in most cell biology laboratories. - [Read Maintaining Live Cells on the Microscope Stage]

Category: Microscopy Protocols

Protocol for measuring volume. Material required includes: Microscope, Hemacytometer and coverslip, Suspension of yeast. - [Read Measuring Volume Protocol]

Category: Cytogenetics Protocols

An ideal method of tissue preparation ensures both good specimen morphology and that the target molecules are in the optimum state for probe access and hybridization. DNA:DNA in situ hybridization is usually carried out on chromosome spread preparations where chromosome and nuclei are released from cells and spread on a glass microscope slide. This method yields well separated and enlarged chromosomes with good morphology which can be analyzed in transmitted light or fluorescence microscopes. - [Read Preparation of Chromosome Spreads]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: Confocal Microscopy Protocols

Protocol describes the acquisition of confocal fluorescent and bright field images of live cells, expressing cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) and/or yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), with a spinning disk confocal head on a Zeiss Axiovert 200 M microscope. Protocol includes: Description of Microscope and Imaging Setup; Description of Acquisition Parameters; Image Processing; Movie Processing. - [Read Protocol for Live Cell Spinning Disk Confocal Fluorescence Imaging of Cells on a Zeiss]

Category: Cell Biology and Cell Culture

Protocol for needle assay for chemotaxis. Materials required: Zeiss inverted microscope, eppendolf microinjector, eppendolf micromanipulator, Eppendolf femtotips, 100mM cAMP in PM,DB buffer, PM Buffer. - [Read Protocol for Needle Assay for Chemotaxis]

Category: Cytogenetics Protocols: DIG Biotin Labeled Probe Protocols

The protocol given makes the method of in situ hybridization easier, faster, more reliable, and available to anyone who can operate a microscope. Includes: Labeling the hybridization probe; Preparation and denaturation of polytene chromosomes from Drosophila, Chironomus, or other species; Hybridization and detection. - [Read Protocol for Nonradioactive In Situ Hybridization to Polytene Chromosomes with a DIG-labeled DNA]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: In Vivo Imaging Protocols

To image early cleavages and chromatin dynamics, it is convenient to use histone H2B fused to GFP or lamin::GFP. Time-lapse movies can be obtained using conventional confocal microscope systems and their included software. Early embryos dissected from transgenic hermaphrodites are placed with egg salts on agar pads. Chromatin dynamics can be followed easily, and wild-type embryonic cells can be compared with mutants or RNAi-treated embryos. - [Read Protocol Live Imaging of Caenorhabditis Elegans]

Category: Mouse Protocols: Mouse Embryology Protocols

Protocol provides methods and tips for sectioning mouse embryos and transferring the sections to a microscope slide. - [Read Sectioning Mouse Embryos Protocol]

Category: Primary Cell Isolation and Culture Protocols

This protocol describes a method for static culture of early postimplantation mouse embryos on a microscope stage. Embryos between 6.5 and 9.5 days post coitum (dpc) can be cultured and imaged for 24 hours, with very little growth retardation. - [Read Static Culture of Postimplantation Embryos for Imaging Protocol]

Category: Mouse Protocols: Mouse Cell Culture Protocols

Protocol describes a method for static culture of early postimplantation mouse embryos on a microscope stage. Embryos between 6.5 and 9.5 days post coitum (dpc) can be cultured and imaged for 24 hours, with very little growth retardation. - [Read Static Culture of Postimplantation Embryos for Imaging Protocol]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: Electron Microscopy Protocols

Protocol on how to use the transmission electron microscope. - [Read The Transmission Electron Microscope]

Category: Molecular Imaging: Light Microscopy

USE OF THE LIGHT MICROSCOPE. Step by step methodology guide on how to use a light microscope. Veterinary Pathology. Bristol University - [Read USE OF THE LIGHT MICROSCOPE]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: Optical Microscopy Protocols

The light microscope allows dynamic biological processes to be imaged in their native (i.e., aqueous) environment with relatively high temporal resolution. However, the diffraction-limited resolution is low. When working at or beyond the diffraction-limited resolution of the LM, a disadvantage of fluorescence imaging is the relatively low signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of the images. However, this can be increased significantly by video and computer technology. - [Read Watching Molecular Motors at Work by Video-Enhanced Light Microscopy]