Deconvolution Imaging Lab

The Penn Biology Deconvolution Imaging Lab is located in 203B Goddard Laboratories and offers a motorized inverted microscope imaging workstation built around a Leica DMIRB microscope and image capture and analysis software packages.

Technical specifications

• Apple Power Macintosh G4 2x466MHz / 1.5 GB system RAM
• Hamamatsu ORCA B/W cooled camera
• Leica DMIRB inverted microscope / manual XY stage / automatic shutter
• DAPI / rhodamine / FITC filter cubes
• Adobe Photoshop image editing software
• Improvision Openlab 4 core and deconvolution processing modules

Costs

This core facility charges $6 per hour of usage. Please note your usage in the log book that is provided with the workstation.

Usage instructions

Please contact the manager of this facility, Dr. Bing He at hebing@sas.upenn.edu or x3-7255 for more detailed technical specifications and to schedule a teaching session on the workstation.

To keep the facility in the best shape possible, please do not use the equipment without first arranging a walkthrough with Dr. Bing He.