Jason,

    Received your e-mail response re: 2 microscope set-up on a confocal   -
by mistake!  The question on the mailing list was submitted by Carol Bayles
at Cornell.
    At first I thought I had asked you a question which I couldn't
remember.........  However, nice to hear from you.  Our new Zeiss will
hopefully be here the middle of October.
     Have a great weekend......

     Carol

Carol D. Stearns
Biology
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
175 Briar Ridge Rd
Ridgefield, CT  06877
Tel:  203 798-5198
Fax: 203 791-6196
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Kirk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 5:21 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: switching upright to inverted
>
> Carol,
>
> We have a Zeiss LSM 510 confocal in our user facility here at UConn that
> we
> can switch between our Axiovert 100M (inverted) and Axioplan 2 (upright).
> The 510 scan module requires only 2 thumbscrews and a 3mm screw that
> traverses the scan head to be removed from its mount.  With the extremely
> high throughput on the side port of the inverted scope, switching takes
> all
> of five minutes!  We switch very rarely but it is a simple procedure,
> however being intimately familiar with how the users are in a user
> facility,
> I'm not sure you'd want the average user unmounting the scan module.  Hope
> this helps.
>
> -Jason
>
> Jason Kirk
> Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology
> University of Connecticut Health Center
> 263 Farmington Ave.
> Farmington, CT 06030
> Ph: (860)679-4686
> Fax: (860)679-1039
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