Optical microscopy
The division has a Zeiss Axioplan Universal microscope equipped with differential interference contrast and a High Resolution Microscopy Camera AxioCam MRm Rev. 3 FireWire, Illuminator HBO 100 as well as with a 100W mercury short-arc lamp and a system of filters to allow the fluorescence microscopy observations. The microscope is further equipped with a high-sensitivity SIT video camera and an image processor, AxioVision 4 together with the Macintosh-based image analysis software.
(Sponsored by FRN & Crafoord Foundation.)