Our
campus microscopy facility has a BioRad Radiance 2000 (purchased in 2000) that we
are intending to take out of service. It has been under service contract the
entire we have owned it and proven a reliable instrument but our Zeiss 510 and
5 Live confocals are meeting are needs at the moment. As most of you are
probably aware, Zeiss intends to end the availability of service contracts on the
Radiance 2000 later this year and will only provide service on an ad hoc, parts
available basis. I am trying to gauge whether there is enough interest in
re-sale of this confocal for me to go to the trouble it will take to get
University approval to sell it. If anyone is interested in any or all of the
following items, could you contact me by email directly (off the listserver)
and tell me what parts you would be interested in and a ballpark idea of what
you would consider paying. If we proceed with selling it, my school will
require we offer it for sale to the highest bidder in a formal process with a minimum
bid. I doubt we would sell it for “thousands” but maybe somewhere
in the “tens of thousands”. If we can’t get “tens of
thousands”, we will probably run it until it dies and then use the parts
for random stuff. Tom
Confocal
scanning system:
488,
568, and 637 nm laser lines (brand new solid-state 637 nm laser, a $14k value)
3
fluorescence detection channels
Transmission
detection channel
500
and 560 dichroics between PMT 1 & 2
650
dichroic between PMT 2 & 3
2.4
GHz Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM
Windows
2000 Professional
LaserSharp
2000 software (ver. 5.2)
ViewSonic
graphics series 19" CRT monitor
Inverted microscope frame
Olympus IX70
0.55 NA condenser
DIC and phase-contrast optics
Standard
blue, red, and green fluorescence filters for viewing specimens
Mercury
lamp with power regulator and stabilizer
Motorized
z drive
Thomas E. Phillips, Ph.D
Professor of Biological Sciences
Chair, MU Faculty Council
Director, Molecular Cytology Core
2 Tucker Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-7400
573-882-4712 (office)
573-882-0123 (fax)
[hidden email]
http://www.biology.missouri.edu/faculty/phillips.html
http://www.biotech.missouri.edu/mcc/
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