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> 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" <
[hidden email]> 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
>