Thanks for advice about decontaminating large incubation chambers on optical microscopes

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Thanks for advice about decontaminating large incubation chambers on optical microscopes

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Dear Confocal Microscopists,

Many thanks to those of you who provided me with advice about
decontaminating large incubation chambers on optical microscopes.  I
received very good although quite varied responses.  The ideal
solution may well be to use the large chamber for heating only so
that the microscope and sample are thermally stable, and in addition
use a small chamber for controlling humidity and CO2 that can be
readily cleaned.  Zeiss use this combination and the only problem
with the large Zeiss chambers are that they are see through and so
have to be used in a dark room.

Sincerely,


Stephen Lockett, Ph.D.,
Principal Scientist,
Director, Optical Microscopy and Analysis Laboratory,
Rm 104A, Building 538,
P.O. Box B
(For Fedex, use Building 1050, Boyles Street)
National Cancer Institute - Frederick / SAIC - Frederick,
Fort Detrick,
Frederick,
MD 21702, USA
Office: 301 846 5515
Mobile: 240 731 3551
DamirSudar DamirSudar
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Re: Thanks for advice about decontaminating large incubation chambers on optical microscopes

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  Hi Steve,

Just so you know, Zeiss (or actually their supplier PeCon) also has
light-tight dark versions of the large incubators. See:
http://www.pecon.biz/?page_id=55

Cheers,
- Damir

On 10/11/2010 6:03 AM, Stephen Lockett wrote:

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> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
> *****
>
> Dear Confocal Microscopists,
>
> Many thanks to those of you who provided me with advice about
> decontaminating large incubation chambers on optical microscopes.  I
> received very good although quite varied responses.  The ideal
> solution may well be to use the large chamber for heating only so that
> the microscope and sample are thermally stable, and in addition use a
> small chamber for controlling humidity and CO2 that can be readily
> cleaned.  Zeiss use this combination and the only problem with the
> large Zeiss chambers are that they are see through and so have to be
> used in a dark room.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Stephen Lockett, Ph.D.,
> Principal Scientist,
> Director, Optical Microscopy and Analysis Laboratory,
> Rm 104A, Building 538,
> P.O. Box B
> (For Fedex, use Building 1050, Boyles Street)
> National Cancer Institute - Frederick / SAIC - Frederick,
> Fort Detrick,
> Frederick,
> MD 21702, USA
> Office: 301 846 5515
> Mobile: 240 731 3551

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