Microscopy

May encounter up to 5 types

1. Light - inverted phase contrast

-cell culture, growth/health, morphology

2. Light - brightfield

-pathology, immunolabels, dyes

3. Fluorescence

-pathology ,immunolabels, cytoplasmic, cell surface, multi-colour

4. Fluorescence confocal laser excitation

-optical slices, colocalisation, 3D reconstruction, multi-colour

5. Electron microscopy

-subcellular organelles, fine structures, immunolabelling

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