An inverted Olympus IX73 microscope equipped with objectives suitable for brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, and fluorescence (130W mercury lamp for epi-illumination). It includes a 10x and 20x phase contrast objective with cover glass correction, and a high-resolution 60x oil immersion apochromatic phase contrast objective.
Visible and UV light microscopy observation station consisting of: Computer system for image analysis: - Nikon 80i epifluorescence microscope - Nikon DS-5Mc-U2 high resolution colour digital camera, - computer set with software (NIS-Elements BR 3.0 and MultiScan). Microscope slide preparation kit: - multi-station filtration set, - pressure pumps, - thermostats for maintaining the incubation temperature within a strictly defined range (FISH "in situ" hybridization technique),