Iowa State University Microscopy Facility

The ISU Microscopy Facility is located in the basement of Bessey Hall. This service facility provides 24-hour access, seven days a week and is headed by Dr. Harry Horner. It, furthermore, provides all the instrumentation, technical assistance, and training necessary for the microscopy applications proposed in this application (in situ hybridization, immunolocalization). The available hardware of importance to this application includes a variety of microtomes, knifemakers and sharpeners, a compound microscope with darkfield capabilities, and the latest image analysis systems.