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Microscopy and Cytometry Facility

Microscopy and Cytometry Facility

Providing services in all aspects of optical and electron microscopy, histology, flow cytometry, and cell sorting

The Facility is specialized in four clusters – optical microscopy, electron microscopy, histology and flow cytometry – equipped with confocal microscopes, research fluorescence microscopes, transmission- and scanning electron microscopes, flow cytometers and a cell sorter, and whose research staff is engaged in experimentation, training, project collaboration and consultation.

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New model synapse could shed light on disorders such as epilepsy and anxiety A team of scientists led by Huck Institutes faculty member Gong Chen has developed a new way to study the role of a critical neurotransmitter in disorders such as epilepsy, anxiety, insomnia, depression, schizophrenia, and alcohol addiction.
Penn State will install two new transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) in the Materials Research Institute's Materials Characterization Lab and the Huck Institutes' Microscopy and Cytometry Facility. New TEMs coming soon to the Millennium Science Complex - Full article
The Huck Institutes have acquired a Zeiss PALM MicroBeam system, which will be delivered in late July 2012 to the Microscopy and Cytometry Facility located in the Millennium Science Complex. New laser capture microdissection system coming soon to the Microscopy and Cytometry Facility - Full article
Locations:

Microscopy and Histology Lab

N-032 Millennium Science Complex
Phone: 814-863-0294

Flow Cytometry Lab

W-124A Millennium Science Complex
Phone: 814-863-2762