Oops, it's NCSU, not UNC at Raleigh....  The tyranny of (quite long)
distance...


On 15/04/09 1:54 PM, "Rosemary White" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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