Microscopy and Imaging Laboratory

Performing routine cell counts on various algal cultures under an Olympus IX70 inverted microscope (left) and an Olympus AX70 microscope (right).

The Microscopy and Imaging Laboratory is equipped with research grade upright and inverted microscopes using advanced fluorescence imaging technologies. Imaging systems capture both still and video images that are used in molecular, taxonomic and life cycle research of various microscopic organisms. CAAE works in collaboration with NCSU Electron Microscopy Center and Cellular and Molecular Imaging Facility which have the most advanced scanning electron microscopes (SEM) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Confocal imaging microscopes available for biological research.

Still captures and video of Pfiesteria under a light microscope.

		View video clip avi format, 926 KB (10 sec.) *video speed is 11 times faster than the original recording
At the start of the clip, the zoospore begins to break through its protective shell.	45 seconds later, the zoospore is mostly through the shell.
The zoospore emerges out of the shell.	The zoospore has now completely reproduced.