Research Facilities

Departmental Shared Equipment Resources

Olympus FV3000 confocal Microscope
Andor Dragonfly Dragonfly spinning disk confocal microscope system that integrates widefield, confocal, and TI (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar) RF imaging modality
Zeiss Apotome (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar).
Leica Thunder (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar).
Olympus Upright Fluorescence microscope for routine imaging/screening (Sign up instructions for the Google Calendar).
FEI L120C Transmission Electron Microscope (Sign up Calendar)

Microscopy and Tissue Processing Module (Module Director Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D. (pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu)
Viral Vector Packaging Facility (Module Director Marie Burns, Ph.D. (meburns@ucdavis.edu)
Small Animal Adaptive Optics, Optical Coherence Microscopy, SLO (Module Director Ed Pugh, Jr., Ph.D. (enpugh@ucdavis.edu)
Software Engineering, (Module Director Marty Usrey, Ph.D. (wmusrey@ucdavis.edu)

Andor Dragonfly Dragonfly spinning disk confocal microscope system that integrates widefield, confocal, and TI (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar) RF imaging modality
Zeiss Apotome (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar).
Leica Thunder (Sign up instructions for Google Calendar).
Ultracentrifuges: Full size Beckman L70, Table Top Beckman Optima Max XP small volume
HiSpeed centrifuges: Thermo Scientific Lynx 4000
Cold Room
Tissue Culture Facility
Rodent Anesthesia Station
DualHeaded Training Microscope
Dissecting Microscope with camera and monitor
Leica Paraffin Embedder,
Paraffin Microtome
Leica LM3050 Cryostats (2) (Sign up instructions for the Google Calendar)
Reichert Ultra Microtome
Critical Point Dryer
Azure Systems Gel Imager
Licor Odyssey Gel Image
OptoMotry for quantifying rodent Visual Motor behavior

A very wide range of major campus core facilities are available, and may be viewed here.