Equipment and Facilities
Major instrumentation
Electron microscopy
- Transmitted electron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes and a serial blockface electron microscope.
Flow cytometry and cell sorting
- Cell analyzers and cell sorters.
Optical (light) microscopy
- Confocal microscopes, widefield microscopes supporting brightfield and dark field microscopy.
In addition, a wide variety of preparative equipment and computer-aided image processing and analysis workstations are available within the core.
Facilities
The Microscopy and Cell Analysis Core occupies more than 5,000 square feet, with offices and main lab space located on Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
In addition to being a Mayo Clinic research core, the Microscopy and Cell Analysis Core is part of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. The core also has strong ties with Mayo's clinical departments, including the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Mayo Clinic Laboratories.