Major equipments include (all available through an online booking system):
• 5 confocal microscopes (Leica SP2, Leica SP5, LEICA SP8, Zeiss 710, Zeiss Spinning Disk/TIRF)
• structured illumination microscope (Zeiss Apotome)
• 10 research microscopes for bright field and epifluorescence
• 2 fully automated macroscopes (bright field and fluorescence, Zeiss)
• in situ hybridization robot and slide scanner
• Table-top scanning electron microscope
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Flow cytometer
• Laser capture microdissection station
• Various cutting devices (vibratome, microtomes...)
• 2 high performance computer station with various imaging analysis softwares (Imaris, Huygens, ZEN, LAS...)
![The Plant Observatory - Cytology/Imaging](https://ijpb.versailles.inrae.fr/media/cache/public_company_profile_view/uploads/2020/03/30/cyto.jpg)
Platform heads:
Bertrand Dubreucq & Samantha Vernhettes