MICROSCOPY
CONCEPTI work in a neuroimaging lab at Washington University in Saint Louis. In the lab, I build systems for imaging the brain. To test these systems, I collect images of lots of different things that aren't brains. Building imaging systems outside of work has also become a hobby of mine. Some of the pictures collected by these systems are pretty cool, so I decided to share them here. All the images shown are from either this microscope or other microscopes that I have assembled. The first couple were actually taken with my iPhone!
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CONSTRUCTION
My focus in the lab is two photon microscopy. This scope lets you take images of structures that are tagged with a particular fluorophore. That way you can look at very specific structures in your sample. This microscope requires lots of different optical components (e.g. lenses, mirrors, a powerful laser, objectives, optical filters) that I select and then put together. I spend most my time aligning these optical parts, and synchronizing different electronics. There are also mounts that I get to design and 3D print. Other microscopes I have build are much easier to put together and usually only require the right lenses and a camera. |
Mouse kidney cross section (3mm field)
- Two photon microscope
- Two photon microscope
For Deep
- Two photon microscope |
Space or 10 micron beads in agarose (5 mm filed)
- Two photon microscope |
Bread crumbs
- Lego Microscope
- Lego Microscope