History of MP / Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Facility Construction
September 2006
In an effort to establish a state-of-the-art intravital 2-photon / confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy dedicated solely to furthering our understanding of how components of the immune system operates within the native tissue microenvironment in which to carry out their vital function in eliminating infections and cancer, we elected to design a dual-platform microscopy system equiped with 2 Leica SP5 confocal microscopes and a shared Chameleon Ultra 16W 2-photon laser.
March 2007
The first half of the dual-platform SP5/MP system was installed in a temporary room (WRB 5409) on the 5th floor of Wolstein Research Building.
July - September 2007
New microscope room construction was completed in mid-June on the 6th floor of the Wolstein Research Building. Second phase of microscope installation was begun in July 2007.