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Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
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The imaging facility is run on a cost-recovery basis and the following fees apply:
UM community: $50/hour if self-imaged and $75/hour if staff does the imaging.
External users: $75/hour if self-imaged and $100/hour if staff does the imaging.
Training: $75/hour for UM community and $100/hour for external users.
Please note that the ELYRA PS.1 must be operated by facility staff. It is billed at $75/hour for members of the UM community and $120.00 per hour for external users.
Training is mandatory for all users.
It is up to histology staff, representative trainers, and the department head/platform director to decide whether the user has demonstrated adequate understanding of the instrument to be granted unsupervised access.
Upon completion of training, users must pass a practical test to be granted full privileges.
Please complete the request form.
All new users are required to contact histology staff to arrange necessary training and initiate fee payments when applicable.
Training is mandatory for all users by histology staff or Zeiss representatives.
It is up to histology staff, representative trainers, and the department head/platform director to decide whether the user has demonstrated adequate understanding of the instrument to be granted unsupervised access.
Upon completion of training users must pass a practical test to be granted full privileges.
Booking will be done using calendars next to each piece of equipment.
It is the responsibility of the user to ensure time booked is honored.
Billing will be calculated based on the booked time and logbook records.
If users do not cancel their unused time they will be billed.
Failure to honour booked times may result in loss of privileges of the instrument.
If users do not arrive within 30 minutes of the booked time the booking becomes void, and the equipment is considered free for use by another user.
Users must strictly follow the startup and shutdown procedures for each instrument.
Gloves are not permitted on any of the instruments or computers.
All users are required to fill in the logbook for each instrument during every use. No exceptions.
Instruments must be left in pristine condition when finished.
Everything must be turned off, covered, and oil lenses cleaned, and any rubbish discarded.
Data should be stored directly to the r: drive for each individual lab when possible.
Data can be temporarily stored on the hard drives of the instruments in the d: drive.
The facility is not responsible for data stored on these hard drives; leaving data here is at the user’s own risk.
Data left here indefinitely will be deleted without warning.
USB flash drives are not permitted unless newly purchased from the histology lab. If you require a new USB, CD/DVD see histology staff.
Users are responsible for their own data.
Please notify histology staff immediately of any problems.
This includes supply depletion (oil, lens paper, cleaning solution), software issues, burnt out bulbs or filaments or any other issues associate with use of the instruments.
If problems occur after hours, on weekends, or on holidays please shut down the equipment, place a sign so no one else uses it, and contact histology staff at histology_services@umanitoba.ca. For emergencies call 555 for security or 911.
The analysis station offers analysis, colocalization, deconvolution, extended depth of focus, intellesis and measurement.
Windows 10 Enterprise, 64 Bit with Samsung, 22” monitor
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
The JEOL JEM-1400 Flash is an electron microscope.
Location
Room 8, Anatomy Department
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Software
AMT V701
Objective control
Manual
Stage control
Manual
Capabilities
Accelerating voltage
60kV, 80kV, 100kV, 120kV
Magnification
50 – 1,500,000X
Light source
LaB6
Camera
NANOSPRT43 4K X 4K Pixel OneView CMOS CCD, black and white
The Phillips CM10 is an electron microscope.
Room 14, Anatomy Department
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
AMT 600
Manual
Manual
40kV, 60kV, 80kV, 100kV
Electron microscopy
LM 18-530X, 800-92, 000X
Tungsten
Advantage HR-B Digital CCD - black and white
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Windows 10 Ultimate, 64 Bit with Samsung, 22” monitor
MatLab/TeloView
The Zeiss Imager A2 is a brightfield microscope with dual co-observer ports. It offers analysis and brightfield.
Room 117, Histology Lab
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Manual
Manual - X, Y
The Zeiss ELRYA PS.1 is a fluorescence supperresolution structured illumination microscope.
Location
Room 125A, Anatomy Department
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN D
Automated
Automated X, Y, Z
Mercury bulb
Zeiss Filter Set 77HE
Laser
Black and white
The Zeiss Lumar V.12 is a brightfield and fluorescence stereo microscope.
Room 117, Histology Lab
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 2
Manual exchange
Rotating - X, Y
HBO 100 mercury bulb
The Zeiss Lumar V.12 is a fluorescence stereo microscope
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
AxioVision
Manual exchange
Rotating – X, Y
HBO 100 mercury bulb
The Zeiss Imager M2 is a brightfield and fluorescence microscope.
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Manual/automated
Manual/rotating - X, Y
The Zeiss Imager M2 Scan is a brightfield and fluorescence microscope.
Location
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Software
ZEN 3.8 Pro
Objective control
Manual/automated
Stage control
Manual/automated - X, Y, Z
Capabilities
Objectives
Light source
Filters
Camera
The Zeiss Observer D1 is a brightfield/phase contrast and fluorescence live cell microscope.
Room 103C, Cell Culture
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Manual
Automated
AxioCam MRm - black and white
The Zeiss Observer 7 is a brightfield/phase contrast and fluorescence live cell microscope.
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Automated
Automated
AxioCam MRm - black and white
The Zeiss Imager Z1 is a fluorescence microscope with 3D imaging.
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Manual/automated
Manual/automated - X, Y, Z
The Zeiss Imager Z2 is a fluorescence microscope with 3D imaging and apotome.
Room 121, Imaging Facility
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
ZEN 3 Pro
Manual/automated
Manual/automated - X, Y, Z
Colibri
Histology Services, Imaging Facility, Electron Microscopy Platform
Room 119, 745 Bannatyne Avenue
Basic Medical Science Building
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9
