Re: Has anyone prepared a poll for PI's to help plan future purchases?

Posted by Craig Brideau on
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Agreed! A fluorescence widefield system with a good camera is adequate for
most work. Throw phase and/or DIC in there and you have almost all the
bases covered.

Craig

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 7:07 AM Feinstein, Timothy N <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> That definitely helps, but I have found that a lot more people say they
> are interested in a new technology than end up using it.  There's an army
> of beautiful, rarely used instruments out there.  For example I remember
> seeing a multiphoton head that spent its whole working life as a DAPI
> laser.  I endorse finding how many people are already committed to the kind
> of work where X technology will clearly help, along with new faculty who
> have hands-on experience with the tech in question, and giving weight to
> their needs.
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>     Hi all,
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>     Before reinventing the wheel, I was wondering if anyone has prepared a
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>     to find out what equipment should be on one's list of future purchases.
>     There is so much going on now in light microscopy, and so many things
> from
>     multiple solutions for lightsheet, through FLIM, automated clearing
>     systems, 2 and 3p, brightfield systems, re-scan systems, mass cytometry
>     (not exactly light), simple live systems and more.
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>     Thanks,
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