Fralin Imaging Center
The Fralin Imaging Center’s mission is to provide researchers with a wide array of state-of-the-art confocal imaging equipment to enable acquisition of high resolution images (both in vivo and in vitro).
A state-of-the-art Zeiss LSM 880 confocal laser scanning microscope is available to Virginia Tech researchers through the Fralin Imaging Center. The instrument is operated on a fee-for-use basis as a university service center.
Zeiss LSM 880 confocal laser scanning microscope
Microcallus derived from a regenerating Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplast (single leaf cell) expressing nuclear markers for auxin (mScarlet) and cytokinin (mNeonGreen). The fluorescent image is a projection of a Z-stack obtained with a Zeiss LSM 880. Images courtesy of Bas Bargmann
Neurogenesis and astrogliosis in the mouse dentate gyrus of the hippocampus Images courtesy of Michelle Theus, VT
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Pollen grains, maximum intensity projection of Z-stack. Standard training slide used by Fralin Imaging Center.
Confocal image of mouse hippocampus: the memory hub. Image from the lab of Dr. Hehuang David Xie, courtesy of Xiguang Jonah Xu.