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Dear Sarah,

You should take a look at the Science Exchange service:

https://www.scienceexchange.com/browse?category=confocal-microscopy-services

Cheers,

John Oreopoulos
Staff Scientist
Spectral Applied Research Inc.
A Division of Andor Technology
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada
www.spectral.ca


On 2015-04-06, at 12:28 PM, Sarah Al Jufaili wrote:

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> Greetings 
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> My name is Sarah Al Jufaili from the Sultanate of Oman. 
> I am a PhD student working on aquatic parasites of Omani fish.
> I would like to inquire about whether you do international Confocal 
> Microscopy services. 
> I would like to send specimens of some detected parasites to study them 
> using confocal microscopy in preparation for my PhD thesis. 
> 
> 
> The parasites which i would like to analyze are from the class Monogenea. 
> they are small (1-2mm long), very flat and transparent. I have worked 
> with a research group before using Confocal Micrscope on monogenea  and 
> this is how they did it " using alchohol fixed samples, rinsed in DW for 
> 24hrs, transfer to 40 mM chromotrope 2R+ 3 mM phosphotungstic acid + 
> 0.5% acetic acid for 4 hrs at room temperature or (0.2U ul-1 methanol)
> Alexa Fluor 594 phalloidin in 100 ul DW for 5 hrs. Their confocal isnt 
> working at the moment that is why i am seeking another exist. i would like 
> to obtain images of the MCO ( Male copulatory organ )which is a complex 
> hard structure (sclerotized) used for reproduction and Vaginal vestibule. I 
> would like to obtain 3D images of these structures as it is important to 
> understand the morphology and function of these structures.