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Microscopy. Looking at the small stuff. Microscopes. “micro” means : Small “scope” means: Watch/ look It was actually developed first as entertainment for the rich. Light Microscope. Focuses visible light rays Can be used on live or dead specimens
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Microscopy Looking at the small stuff
Microscopes • “micro” means : • Small • “scope” means: • Watch/ look • It was actually developed first as entertainment for the rich
Light Microscope • Focuses visible light rays • Can be used on live or dead specimens • Dyes and fluorescent markers help for viewing • Magnify up to 1000X on the ones we have • Examples: • Compound light microscope • Confocal microscope
Light Micrographs Plant magnified Human chromosomes
Confocal micrograph Spirogyra crassa Maximum projectiongreen: Actin. Rhodamin, Label: Phalloidin. Actinred: Chloroplasts. AutofluorescenceImage acquired with the Leica TCS SP2
Electron Microscopy (EM) • Focus beam of electrons on the specimen • Specimens must be dead • Kinds • Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) • Cross-section of the material • Most detailed of internal of cell • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) • Surface of the specimen • Shows texture, but less detail
SEM Ant Pollen Grains
Compare cardiac myocytes Compare to TEM of myoctes on the wall. Maximum projection (overlay) of neonatal cardiac myocytes from rat.green: Myomesin, FITCred: Cadherin, Cy3blue: DNA (nuclei), DRAQ5Image acquired with the Leica TCS SL
Keen eyes • Light microscopes will not show you the nucleus of a cell or something the size of a virus! • Confocal microscopy uses brightly colored markers • TEM is detailed, flat, and black and white • SEM is 3D, textured, and black and white
Cited pictures • Pollen grains (1000x magnification). Paul Fuqua. 2003.unitedstreaming. 29 August 2006http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ • Blood cells, red; microscopic view. U.S. Army. 2006.unitedstreaming. 29 August 2006http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ • http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HEMEHTML/HEME001.html • www.plymouth.ac.uk/upload/SCI/liverartery.jpg • http://www.confocal-microscopy.com/WebSite/pictures.nsf/(ALLIDs)/23C6531FD6B41E6BC1256A7D0053F8CA/$FILE/drosoegg_app_img_i_cl.jpg • http://www.confocal-microscopy.com/WebSite/pictures.nsf/(ALLIDs)/23C6531FD6B41E6BC1256A7D0053F8CA/$FILE/drosoegg_app_img_i_cl.jpg
Cited Pictures • http://remf.dartmouth.edu/images/insectPart3SEM/image/31formicidae40(extra).jpg • http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/Mysterymoss/Micro3_DSCN6486.jpg • http://www.nims.go.jp/analysis/TEM.jpg • http://www.nims.go.jp/analysis/SEM.jpg • http://cdr.rfmh.org/NewFiles/Components/images/confocal%20microscope.jpg • http://131.229.114.77/microscopy/images/chromosomes2.jpg • http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~plantbio/osu_pcmb/images/Courses/PB101/plant_cell_tem.jpg