Laboratory Equipment & Services Information System by Centralized Laboratory Management Office (CeLMO)

- Microscopes are used in examining the ailments by getting a larger view of the blood sample in detecting the parasites, bacterial attacking the red blood. Scientists use a microscope for studying microorganisms, cells, crystalline structures, and molecular structures.

- Image capture software are available for recording images. - Magnification: 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 100x (immersion oil). - Filters wavelength: 330-385nm (ultraviolet), 460-490nm (blue), 510-550nm (green).

- Fluorescent microscope is often used to image specific features of small specimens such as microbes. It is also used to visually enhance 3-D features at small scales. This can be accomplished by attaching fluorescent tags to anti-bodies that in turn attach to targeted features, or by staining in a less specific manner. - This microscope illuminates samples from above as well as from below as in a conventional microscope. Most users will be interested in using light from above the sample to illuminate and energize the sample.