Manager and Facilities

Dr. Sara J. Mason

Facilities Manager/Administrator

Location: SR 284

Phone: (216) 875-9824

Fax: (216) 687-6972

s.j.mason2@csuohio.edu

Manages shared instrumentation within the Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease (GRHD). Responsible for general upkeep, routine maintenance, and quality control of high-end instrumentations.

If you are planning to use advanced fluorescence-based Confocal and DeltaVision microscopes, a BD FACSCanto? benchtop flow cytometer and/or any other shared equipment in the Center, please e-mail and/or call Sara Mason.

If you are an existing user and need to schedule time on our equipment, log usage, or look up any training resources for our new digital scheduling system, please use the links below.

GRHD Instrument Scheduling Resource Hub

• A1Rsi Confocal Scheduling
• Typhoon Scheduling
• Li-Cor Odyssey Scheduling

Special features of our Nikon A1Rsi Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope include: High resolution galvano scanner (4096x4096 pixels); High speed resonant scanner (30 fps at 512x512 pixels); Transmitted detector for brightfield imaging and Differential Interference Contrast; Spectral imaging capability (can image GFP and Alexa 488 in same sample); DIC optics for transmitted light imaging; Perfect focus system (eliminates focus drift during live imaging); Motorized XYZ stage with piezo control; Photoactivation, photobleaching, and FRET capable; Environmental chamber.

Special features of our Deltavision Deconvolution Microscope include: Filter sets for imaging of DAPI, FITC, Cy3, and Cy5 or similar fluors; Cooled CCD for high speed, low noise image acquisition; DIC optics for transmitted light imaging; Motorized XYZ stage with piezo control; Workstation for image acquisition and deconvolution (upgraded 2018); Environmental chamber.