Re: Rotate microscope to view vertical specimen

Posted by Nina Allen on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Rotate-microscope-to-view-vertical-specimen-tp2636715p2645480.html

Duly noted and NC State did not win the basketball championship ...that
other school did....
Nina

On 4/14/09 11:05 PM, "Rosemary White" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Oops, it's NCSU, not UNC at Raleigh....  The tyranny of (quite long)
> distance...
>
>
> On 15/04/09 1:54 PM, "Rosemary White" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>

Nina Stromgren Allen
Professor Emerita
Department of Plant Biology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7612
Phone:  919-515-8382,2727
Fax:    919-515-3436
E-mail:  [hidden email]

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