Re: Multi-user Imaging room plans?

Posted by Adrian Smith-6 on
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Hi Guy,

You can always put the entire multiphoton scope (minus lasers) in a  
light proof box... ie functionally placing it inside its own  
room ;)...but a room you don't have to be sitting in...

I think Prairie Technologies has been doing that for a while and  
LaVision BioTec built such enclosure for our TriMScope and it works  
very well. Most of the researchers here still like to turn the room  
light down or off (force of habit plus a "better safe than sorry"  
attitude) but on the couple of occasions I've done a direct test with  
room light on/off I've not been able to show any significant  
difference between the images. At the very least it allows us not to  
worry about light from the computer screens impacting on the detectors.

Regards,

Adrian Smith
Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia



On 08/02/2009, at 6:32 PM, Guy Cox wrote:

> Erik,
>
>       You cannot in any circumstances work with
> multi-photon scopes with the light on.  Sure, 3 confocal
> or widefield scopes in one room can work with no curtains
> (actually we have 5) with local control of lights, but
> NOT multiphoton scopes.
>
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> Just some tips:
> On each microscope we have a Oko-lab incubator with black panels  
> (this Italian company calls the "obscuring panels"; these incubators  
> are very stable and dedicated for the research environment). So, no  
> curtains in our microscopy rooms (3 mics per room). And we can work  
> with the light on!!
> We will move to a new building this year. Between two microscope  
> rooms we will have a small extra room where we will put all the  
> equipment that produces heat and/or noise. Long fibers between the  
> microscopes and laser room. This laser room will be temperature  
> controled (some extra cooling units). So, no warm, noisy, dark room  
> with dusty curtains! Let the sunshine in!
> Good luck, Erik Manders
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