March 2015 archive

Safety comes first!

We want to encourage our users to continue their analysis even when we are not here. Thus if a user has been trained and the staff approves, such a user can continue working deep into the night (as we know students sometimes do when it is crunch time!!). To make sure anyone in the unit is …

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Zeiss Confocal Microscope not available

As we have warned for the past two months, the Zeiss LSM 780 confocal microscope is now not available anymore until it returns from Germany after the upgrade. This week the engineer is packing up the different components that need to be sent away. We are very excited about the new developments! This does not …

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Flow Cytometry Course

Date: 19-20 March 2015 Time: 9:00-16:00 Location: Mike de Vries building, room 2022 (CAF Fluorescent Microscopy Unit)   This course introduces the participant to flow cytometry and the applications of this technology, with a special focus on sorting. Participants will get the chance for hands-on acquisition of samples to familiarise themselves with the work flow …

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