Re: room for two-photon microscopy

Posted by Sylvie Le Guyader on
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Hi there

We have built low table-type things to raise the equipment that is normally on the floor like the 2P laser cooler and power supply. This way the fans do not suck the dust in and it is easier to keep the room clean.

We have also built large cheap rectangular boxes that are placed just above the equipment that produces heat (2P cooler and power supply, argon laser power supply). These boxes are about 30 cm above the equipment and are connected to the normal ventilation system of the building. They channel the heat out very efficiently as there is a weakish but constant air suction. You can avoid costly ventilation work that way. On top of that we have an air con unit set to 23deg Celsius so it is quite comfortable to work in the room.

The best way is of course to have a heat and noise producing equipment in an adjacent room and a hole in the wall for the cables.

We have a full size incubator on which we can add black panels when we use the NDDs or the GaAsP.

Med vänlig hälsning / Best regards
 
Sylvie
 
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Sylvie Le Guyader
Live Cell Imaging Unit
Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition
Karolinska Institutet
Hälsovägen 7
Novum, G lift, floor 6
14157 Huddinge
Sweden
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> Hello All,
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> We are about to renovate the room for two-photon microscopy and I wonder what
> suggestions you might have about reducing light pollution that affects NDDs. As
> one of the measures, we are planning to paint walls and ceiling in black. What
> about "small" things like aluminum electrical channels, wall shelves, air vents? Have
> they also to be painted in dark colors or that would be an overkill? I would
> appreciate if you share your solutions.
>
> Alexander
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> Alexander Jurkevic, PhD
> Associate Director
> Molecular Cytology Core
> University of Missouri
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