Training

All microscopes in the microscopy lab require that users be trained and signed off to work independently.

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Confocal training

Training on the Leica SP8 confocal microscope is done by Travis Gould (Physics).

Rebecca Dobbins '16 studies fin regeneration in zebra fish using the Leica scanning confocal microscope for her senior thesis research.

Rebecca Dobbins ’16 studied fin regeneration in zebra fish using the Leica scanning confocal microscope for her senior thesis research.

SEM and EDS Training

Our training approach grounds the student in the fundamental theory and operation of the systems so

Greg Anderson, assistant in instruction in biology, works with bio major Ruth van Kampen '19 of Brunswick, Maine, in the Carnegie Science Microscopy Lab. About the Laboratory The Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis Laboratory is a shared facility of the Biology and Geology Departments at Bates College. The lab is based upon an analytical, variable vacuum FE-SEM (JEOL JSM-7100FLV with a Noran System 7 EDS System) and is used by faculty and students for research, teaching, and outreach programs in Biology, Geology, and Chemistry.

Greg Anderson, Assistant in Instruction in biology, works with bio major Ruth van Kampen ’19 of Brunswick, Maine, on the SEM in the Carnegie Science Microscopy Lab.

that they can think through problems of sample preparation and use the technologies to their best advantage.

Training in the use of the SEM/EDS system is available by one-on-one tutorial with Greg Anderson or by taking  Geo 223,