Multiphoton confocal microscope

光学显微镜的最新发展彻底改变了现代分子和细胞生物学。 显微镜硬件和软件的巨大改进以及用于标记选定细胞成分的荧光标记物的范围现在提供了新的和令人兴奋的机会来定位和确定离子和分子的功能，不仅在保存的样品中，而且最令人兴奋的是，在活细胞中。 拟议中的多光子共聚焦显微镜将使研究人员在堪培拉获得高质量的图像的静态和动态组件在活细胞和组织，并将促进新知识的发现，有助于我们的理解和控制的发展和疾病的植物和动物。

Recent developments in light microscopy have revolutionised modern molecular and cellular biology. Dramatic improvements in microscope hardware and software and in the range of fluorescent markers used to tag selected cellular components now provide new and exciting opportunities to localise and determine the function of ions and molecules not only in preserved samples but also, most excitingly, in living cells. The proposed multiphoton confocal microscope will allow researchers in Canberra to obtain high quality images of static and moving components in living cells and tissues and will facilitate the discovery of new knowledge that contributes to our understanding and control of development and disease in both plants and animals.