The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research
Rangahau Ahumāra Kai
Contact the person listed below if you have any questions regarding their facilities.
The core microscopy facility is based at Plant and Food’s Mt Albert Research Centre in Auckland and provides facilities and specialist preparation equipment for both light and electron microscopy. Our work typically relates to plants, foods, fish, insects, related microorganisms and the interactions between these. We specialise in imaging to create more efficient and environmentally friendly food production systems.
Light Microscopy
Confocal Microscopes
Olympus FV3000 inverted with optional stage top incubators capable of temperatures both above and below ambient.
Widefield Microscopes
Nikon Eclipse Ni-E upright (Brightfield, DIC, Fluorescence)
Olympus IX83 inverted (Brightfield, DIC, Fluorescence and stage top incubators)
Leica FLZIII Stereo-fluorescence
Electron Microscopy
Scanning EM
TESCAN Clara FESEM with STEM detector
cryoSEM (QuorumTech PP3010)
Other
Tissue Processing
Vibrating blade microtome for unembedded material (Leica VT1000S)
Motorised rotary microtome with retraction for wax or resin (Epredia HM355S)
Ultramicrotome for resin (Leica UC7)
Cryostat for frozen material (Leica CM1950 with CryoJane)
Contact
Microscopy and Imaging
Ria Rebstock – Science Team Leader, Microscopy and Imaging
ria.rebstock@plantandfood.co.nz