Hi Diana
And we have a Leica TCS SP here at the Garvan Institute in Darlinghurst.
You are welcome to visit and bring your samples over to try on our system.
regards
Anne

>Hi Diana
>
>I suggest that for an unbiassed view you should check out the machines
>that are readily available in your area
>
>There is a multiphoton - Leica at the EMUnit at the Uni Syd, a Leica TCS
>NT in Dept of Anatomy Uni Syd, a Biorad also at the EMUnit at the Uni
>Syd.
>
>Most of these machines can do the kind of labelling that you are
>suggesting. The fact that the specimen is thick is also not a real problem
>with the Z-wide scanning capability of the Leicas.
>
>Vera Terry
>Oncology Research Unit
>Children's Hospital at Westmead
>Phone 61 2 9845 3117


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Anne M Cunningham, PhD, FRACP
Professor of Paediatrics, UNSW
Director of Research, Sydney Children's Hospital
Head, Sensory Neurobiology Group
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
384 Victoria St
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Australia
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