Inventory of advanced equipment for visualization

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Inventory of advanced equipment for visualization
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS)
Umeå University


Advanced equipment for visualization has been summarized regarding availability, usage, ownership, responsibility for the equipment, service function and status of the equipment. "Service function by goodwill" means that users will get help but that no part of the responsible persons post is financed for the purpose.



Department of Molecular Biology

1. Advanced microscopes equipped for fluorescence and bright field

play 2x Nikon motorized microscopes with digital Hamamatsu cameras
  • Grant holder: Hans Wolf-Watz et al
  • Responsible person: Roland Rosqvist (RR).
  • ~ 1 year old
  • Motorized microscope
  • No user club
  • No service function

play 2x Zeiss microscopes with digital Hamamatsu cameras

  • Owners: Hans Wolf-Watz and Department of Molecular Biology
  • Responsible person: Roland Rosqvist (RR).
  • ~ 15 years old
  • No user club
  •  No service function
  • All users must have a "driving-licence" issued by Nikon.

2. Stereo microscope (Nikon)
  • Grant holder: Hans Wolf-Watz et al
  • Responsible person. Debra Milton


3. Confocal microscope (SP-2, Leica)
  • Owner: Department of Molecular Biology, UCMP
  • Responsible person: Roland Rosqvist (RR)
  • ~8 years old. The multiphoton laser has 1-2 more years before depreciation - new grant application is soon required.
  • User club: 100:-/h for internal users, 200:-/h for external users (today Clinical Microbiology, Oncology)
  • Service function: RR introduces new users and can help if the project is of a limited nature. Larger projects require more of the researcher's engagement.


4. Confocal microscope (SP-E, Leica)
  • Grant holder: Ruth Palmer (RP)
  • Responsible person: Ruth Palmer
  • 6 months old (spring 2008)
  • User club: Not today, but possible in the future.
  • Service function: By goodwill of RP
  • For routine analysis, 2 lasers, no UV
  • Usage: Daily, several-many hours


5. Live cell microscope (Eclipse Ti-E, Nikon)
  • Grant holder: Maria Fällman(MF) et al
  • Responsible person: Maria Fällman
  • 3 months old (summer 2008)
  • User club: Not today, but possible to arrange.
  • Service function: By goodwill of MF
  • The equipment is already used quite heavily and is expected to be even more occupied in the coming future.


6. Atomic Force Microscope (AFM, NanoscopeIV, Veeco)
  • Owner: Bernt-Erik Uhlin
  • Responsible person: Monica Persson (MP)
  • 8 years (2000)
  • Service: Goodwill by MP who can teach or help users to run
  • Pay/use according to a template


7. IVIS® Imaging system 200
  • Grant holder: Hans Wolf-Watz et al
  • Responsible person: Roland Nordfelth (RN) and Anna Fahlgren (AF)
  • 1 year old (September 2007)
  • User club: Not today, but possible to arrange.
  • Service function: By goodwill of RN and AF
  • The biophotonic live imaging equipment is not used heavily today (mainly because of lack of light emitting organisms/cells) but is expected to be heavily occupied in the future.


8. Flow Cytometer (FACSCalibur, Becton Dickinson)
  • Owner: Department of Molecular Biology
  • Responsible persons: Kristina Ruuth, Per Holmfeldt
  • ~10 years
  • 2 lasers, 4 channels
  • Service: Goodwill by KR/PH
  • Usage: Daily, several-many hours


Department of Clinical Microbiology



1. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) - Division Virology
  • Owner: Landstinget
  •  Responsible person: Rolf Sjöberg (RS)
  • Old, no digital camera, but good prestanda
  • Usage: Rolf Sjöberg (for Division Virology and routine analysis for Division Clinical Virology) and Vladimir Baranov (GrpMLH and GrpLMN)
  • No user club but pay/use
  • Service function: By goodwill of RS for limited projects


2. Flow Cytometer (FACScan, Becton Dickinson) - Division Immunology
  • Owner: Sten Hammarström, Mari-Louise Hammarström, Immunology
  • Responsible person: Marianne Sjöstedt (MS)
  • ~15-20 years old
  • 1 laser, 3 channels
  • Joint usage for all divisions within Dept of Clinical Microbiology
  • User club: Users share service costs
  • Service function: By goodwill of MS


3. Flow Cytometer (BDLSR2, Becton Dickinson) - Division Bacteriology
  • Grant holder: Anders Sjöstedt, Bacteriology (NIH contract)
  • Responsible person: Cecilia Rietz (CR)
  • 3 lasers, 10-11 channels
  • User club: Not possible at present (due to that the equipment is on an NHI contract) but hopefully in the coming future
  • Service function: By goodwill of CR


4. Fluorescence microscope with digital camera (Zeiss) - Division Immunology
  • Owner: ML Hammarström
  • Responsible person: ML Hammarström (MLH)
  • ~10 years for the inverted microscope, fluorescence device much older
  • Useful program for interactive morphometry in the software
  • No user club
  • Service function: By goodwill of MLH


9. Fluorescence microscopes - Division Virology
  • Owner: Division Virology
  • Responsible person: Magnus Evander


Department of Medical Chemistry and Biophysics



1. Apotome (Zeiss AxioImager Z1 microscope & AxioImager soft ware v4.5)
  • Grant holders: Tor Ny, Tomas Borén
  • Responsible person: Sara Eriksson (SE), Rickard Lundmark (RL)
  • 2-3 years old
  • No lasers (to compare with confocal microscopy)
  • No user club
  • Service function: By goodwill of SE and RL
  • Usage: Many, daily


2. Atomic Force Microscope (AFM, PICO and PICO PLUS, Agilent)
  • Owner: Ludmilla Morozova-Roche
  • Responsible person: Ludmilla Morozova-Roche (LMR)
  • 5 years (2003)
  • No user club
  • Service: By goodwill of LMR who can train new users as a collaboration
  • Used heavy, daily.


3. Flow cytometer (Cytomics FC500 series, Beckman Coulter)
  • Owner: Andrei Chabes
  • Responsible person: Andrei Chabes (AC)
  • 3 years (2005)
  • 2 lasers, 5 channels
  • User club: Not today, but possible in the future.
  • Service function: By goodwill of AC


4. Fluorescence microscope with digital camera (Zeiss)
  • Owner: Tomas Borén
  • Responsible person: Sara Eriksson (SE)
  • New
  • User club: Not today, but possible in the future.
  • Service function: By goodwill of SE


5. Spore micromanipulator (MSM300, Singer Instruments)
  • Owner: Andrei Chabes
  • Responsible person: Andrei Chabes (AC)
  • 3 years (2005)
  • For yeast - Candida
  • User club: Not today, but possible in the future.
  • Service function: By goodwill of AC

Department of Chemistry