David,
If I remember well there was a discussion on this list about temperature
control. You could check the archives of the list.

You should also consider other options from :
-BIO-LOGIC in France propose a dynamic temperature controller. I have no
information on the price, but check their web site http://www.bio-logic.com
We get their products via CBO Instrumentation
-Atto Instruments http:/www.atto.com 
-Bioptechs Inc. http:/www.bioptechs.com I am not sure, but I think they are
distributed in France by Dipsi.
-ALA Scientific Instruments. http:/alascience.com They are distributed in
France by Sega.

I have no interest in any of these companies. I can not recommend either one
of these products because I have never used them, or heard from users. We
use the Medical System device and it works fine. 
 
-Most of microscope manufacturers propose incubators made of a plexiglass
enclosure fixed to the stage of the microscope and a separated heater. They
propose heating plates too. 

Bonne chance

At 07:45 20/11/98 GMT, you wrote:
>I am looking for a micro-incubator system.
>>
>>HEre are 2 adresses where you can see what medical system is proposing us.
>>
>>http://www.medicalsystems.com/products/prodtype/cellhand.htm#LU-CB1
>>http://www.medicalsystems.com/products/prodtype/cellhand.htm#PDMI-2
>>
>>
>>Here is a description of what we are looking for:
>>
>>1/ Temperaure controller.
>>
>>The controller from medical system would work perfectly but we don't need
>the cooling option. We wan't to use this incubator for long time recording
>of cell  divisions on the stage of a confocal microscope. As temperaure is a
>major feature of cell division speed, we need an external thermistor that we
>can directly put in the bath to perform the calibration of the thermistor
>that regulate the heating.
>>
>>2/ The micro incubator
>>It would be an incubator like the Leiden Micro incubator or the PDMI-2 you
>can find on their web site.  With this sytem, it is possible to perform
>heating, to control pH by providing gas flow and to keep aseptic isolation
>with mineral oil.
>>
>>The system medical system provide would be very convinient but it is also
>very expensive 4333 US £ without taxes.  I would like to find something that
>would not excess 3300 US £
>>
>>Thank you very much for your help.
>>David
>>
>David Vaudry
>Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire
>Unité INSERM 413
>IFRMP n°23 (Intitut de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur les Peptides)
>Place E. Blondel
>Université de Rouen
>76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan France
>
>Tel: (33) 02 35 14 67 60
>     (33) 06 60 43 47 55
>Fax: (33) 02 35 14 69 46
>
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