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Floor Plan | Image Acquisition | Image Analysis | Data Storage | Incubators | Help Sheets for Users


Image Acquisition Stations

The following links provide detailed information on the equipment available in the NIC@HMS and links to online sign-up sheets for trained users.

Not sure what equipment will meet your needs? Contact Jennifer Waters for a consultation.

If you would like to use the equipment in the NIC@HMS, please submit the online request for training.

1 - Nikon TE2000 w/ PerkinElmer Spinning Disk Confocal & Solent Scientific Incubation Chamber / Sign-up
2 - Nikon TE2000 w/ PerkinElmer Spinning Disk Confocal / Sign-up
3 - Nikon TE2000 w/ C1 Confocal / Sign-up

4 - Nikon Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence / Sign-up

5 - Nikon TE2000E Automated Inverted Microscope w/ Incubation Chamber / Sign-up
6 - Nikon 80i Upright Microscope / Sign-up
7 - Nikon E800 with Bio-Rad Confocal / Sign-up
8 - Nikon TE2000E Inverted Fluorescence Microscope w/ Eppendorf Microinjection / Sign-up
9 - Currently empty
Other Equipment: Cameras; Heated Chambers for live cell work
Additional Scopes in Systems Biology Microscopy Facility (Goldenson 107)


Image Analysis

      Three PC computer workstations are available for image analysis.  Each computer is equipped with NIS Elements image analysis software, Metamorph image analysis software, AutoDeBlur deconvolution software, and AutoVisualize-3D rendering software.  Data may be accessed through the NIC server, CD, or DVD.  These computers can also be used to download data from the NIC server to CD or DVD.


Data Storage

      The NIC@HMS does not offer long-term data storage.  Storage of data on the NIC@HMS computer hard drives is not allowed; the hard drives of each computer in the NIC@HMS are purged daily.  We have arranged the following short-term storage options to allow users to transfer data out of the NIC@HMS:

Data may temporarily be stored on the NIC server.  Files are automatically and permanently purged from the NIC server after a period of two weeks.  Contact Lara Petrak to set up an NIC server account. 

Each computer in the NIC@HMS is equipped with a CD-RW drive.  We also have several external DVD-RW available.  We strongly encourage users to burn their data onto CD or DVD at the end of each acquisition session.


Incubators

      Two Binder 37C, 5% CO2 tissue culture incubators are available for short-term storage of your specimens while you are acquiring images in the NIC@HMS. 


Corporate Partners:
Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Micro Video Instruments, Inc.

Corporate Contributors:

AutoQuant Imaging, Inc.
Binder GmbH

Brinkmann Instruments, Inc.
Chroma Technology Corp.
Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.
Hamamatsu Corporation

PerkinElmer, Inc. 
Prior Scientific, Inc.
Solent Scientific Limited
Molecular Devices

Corp. Rep. Contact Info


Nikon Micro Video Instruments, Inc. Binder GmbH Chroma
Brinkman Instruments, Inc. Hamamatsu Photonic Systems Perkin Elmer, Inc. AutoQuant
Prior Scientific Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.
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