{"id":6197,"date":"2010-06-07T19:14:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/biology\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:09:54","slug":"microanalysis-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/student-resources\/facilities\/microanalysis-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnegie Microscopy Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carnegie Microscopy Lab is a shared campus facility used primarily by the departments of Biology, Geology, Neuroscience, Physics, and Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/student-resources\/facilities\/microanalysis-laboratory-2\/training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Training<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/student-resources\/facilities\/microanalysis-laboratory-2\/equipment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equipment <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2020\/08\/Microscopy-Lab-User-Policy-20-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microscopy Lab User Policy &#8217;20-&#8217;21<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/batesdms.getconnect2.com\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reserve a Microscope (Connect2)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3168\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/Drosophila-head-x120-colorized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"wp-image-3168 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/Drosophila-head-x120-colorized-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"Colorized fly head\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/Drosophila-head-x120-colorized-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/Drosophila-head-x120-colorized-600x485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/Drosophila-head-x120-colorized.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildtype Drosophila melanogaster head. Colorized post-acquisition using Adobe Photoshop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During fall 2012 the lab acquired a new FE-SEM\/EDS system funded in large part by a Sherman-Fairchild Foundation grant to Bates College. The college has purchased a JEOL JSM-7100 FLV variable vacuum field emission SEM and a Thermo\/Noran System 7 EDS system.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2014, a new Leica SP8 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope came on line which was funded by a NSF-MRI grant to Larissa Williams, Matt Cote, Nancy Kleckner, and Travis Gould.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a STEM facilities upgrade, in summer 2018, the light and fluorescence microscopes from the Imaging Center were moved into the laboratory to create a true microscopy center.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to training our students on these up-to-date technologies and welcome the expanded opportunities for innovative teaching and research that the new instruments will bring!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1508\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/buccal-ganglia-of-the-tropical-pond-snail-Biomphalaria-glabrata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-image-1508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/buccal-ganglia-of-the-tropical-pond-snail-Biomphalaria-glabrata-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"buccal ganglia of the tropical pond snail Biomphalaria glabrata\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/buccal-ganglia-of-the-tropical-pond-snail-Biomphalaria-glabrata-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/buccal-ganglia-of-the-tropical-pond-snail-Biomphalaria-glabrata-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2010\/06\/buccal-ganglia-of-the-tropical-pond-snail-Biomphalaria-glabrata.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Confocal image of buccal ganglia of the tropical pond snail, Biomphalaria glabrata.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><strong>Confocal, SEM\/EDS, and other microscopy training and questions &#8212;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Mark Lessard<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Science Resource Technician<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Carnegie 521<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"mailto:mlessard@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mlessard@bates.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carnegie Microscopy Lab is a shared campus facility used primarily by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-6197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6197"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7647,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6197\/revisions\/7647"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}