We can provide our Center members with access to imaging instruments through close collaborations with Dr. Xu’s lab.
- We have a new Olympus VS120 system, which is designed for high throughput imaging of brain slices. Its slide loader system allows for loading up to six standard slides for fast and high resolution scanning.
- There are two Olympus research microscopes equipped with fluorescence optics and high-sensitive CCD cameras. The systems are equipped with commercial and custom-designed software for brain-wide analysis of genetically labeled tissue.
- The Xu lab has a state-of-the-art multiphoton imaging system: Resonant scanning, fast-sampling (125 MS/s), multiphoton microscope, two GaAsP PMTs, inertia-less, fast Z-focus with integrated spherical treadmill and pupil monitoring (Neurolabware); dual output, broadly tunable laser (660 nm to 1320 nm) for multiphoton imaging (Chameleon Discovery with TOTALPOWER CONTROL, Coherent Inc.)
- The Xu lab has a number of miniature fluorescent microscopes and related data acquisition systems. These miniscopes are very useful for in vivo calcium imaging of neural ensemble activity in freely behaving animals. As part of an existing collaboration, we have dependable access to imaging resources and technical expertise offered by Dr. Peyman Golshani’s group who has developed the UCLA miniscope system (www.miniscope.org/).
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