WA lightsheet microscopy facility for fast and gentle volumetric imaging. Lightsheet is a fluorescence microscopy technique that is ideal for​ volumetric imaging of microscopically large 3-dimensional

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WA lightsheet microscopy facility for fast and gentle volumetric imaging. Lightsheet is a fluorescence microscopy technique that is ideal for​ volumetric imaging of microscopically large 3-dimensional samples in a fast, gentle and nondestructive way. It allows the observation of living specimens, such as developing embryos, zebrafish, plant roots or engineered tissues, over an extended time frame (hours or days) with subcellular resolution. Over the past 10 years, this technique has become a standard tool in many fields of research, but it is not yet available anywhere in Western Australia (WA). This project will install WA's first lightsheet microscope in an openly accessible core facility, where it will benefit WA based researchers from many fields, including agriculture, engineering, and biological sciences.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3004 - Crop and Pasture Production. Lead: Dr Liisa Hirvonen