The Comparative Pathology & Mouse Phenotyping Shared Resource (CPMPSR) utilizes the following instruments and equipment.
Necropsy Lab (471 VMAB)
- Euthanex SMARTBOX Unit
- TBJ 36-84-S Down-Draft Necropsy Table (7 feet, height-adjustable)
- Pacific Southwest Prep Station Lab Down-Draft Tissue Trimming Station (4 feet)
- Necropsy Equipment
- Olympus SZ-6145TR Stereozoom Microscope (with attached Altra 20 digital camera)
- Hewlett Packard Faxitron Series Cabinet X-Ray System
- MOPEC LD500 Ventilated Tissue Storage Cabinet
- Photographic Equipment (Nikon D90 digital SLR with 60 2.8 micro lens, photo stand, lighting)
Clinical Pathology Lab (467 VMAB)
- Fisher Double Door Refrigerator
- 2 Thermo Forma freezers (-70C)
- Beckman Allegra X-22 Refrigerated Centrifuge
- Eppendorf Refrigerated Centrifuge
- FORCYTE Autosampler 10 Hematology Analyzer (with OSI data management system)
- VetAce Chemistry Analyzer
- Aerospray hematology slide stainer-centrifuge with Cytopro rotor
- Doubled-Headed Olympus BX41 Light Microscope (with attached Altra 20 digital camera)
Histology Lab (302 Goss)
- Tissue Tek VIP Tissue Processor
- Fischer Histomatic 266 MP Tissue Processor
- Shandon HistoCentre 2 Embedding Station
- Tissue Tek Embedding Station
- 4 Leica RM2255 Automatic Microtomes
- Leica ST5020 Multistainer
- Dako and Leica Jung Immunohistochemistry Autostainers
- Leica IPS Modular Histology Slide Printer
- Leica CM1950 Cryostat
- Olympus BH2 Immunofluorescence Light Microscope
- Aperio ScanScope XT (101 Goss)
6-Headed Microscope Lab (933 BRT)
- 6-Headed Olympus BX51 Light Microscope (with attached Altra 20 digital camera and MicroSuite software, linked to a 42” Panasonic plasma television)