Dear Richard, 

Nina Allen, at UNC Raleigh, has a setup like this, I believe, used to study
plant responses to gravity.  If I remember correctly, one of her confocals
is on its side, too.

cheers,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334



On 15/04/09 2:26 PM, "Richard Superfine" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We are interested in viewing a cell culture that has been turned vertically
> so that the surface liquid can drain. We therefore need to rotate the
> microscope so that its optical axis is horizontal. We want to be able to
> rotate the microscope continuously from a vertical optical axis (normal
> configuration) to a horizontal one. Does anyone know of a publication that
> describes the mechanical design of a rotation assembly for accomplishing this?
> Thanks,
> Rich
> 
> Richard Superfine
> Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> Director, Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and
> Manipulation (CISMM) Phillips Hall CB3255 University of North Carolina
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
> 919.962.1185   CISMM.org