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Confocal Microscopy
Author: CAF
Published: 18/08/2022

Confocal Microscopy 


Sample: Muscle cross section 


Instrument: ZEISS LSM780 CONFOCAL 

The confocal microscope can be used for multi-colour fluorescence imaging. This is an image of a cross-section through a muscle biopsy, showing fast and slow twitch fibres (green), nuclei (blue) on the perimeter of each fibre and a few sparse satellite cells (pink). ​