Microscopic View

Resting behind black, sliding, barnlike doors designed to minimize outside light is an array of sophisticated microscopes, one capable of magnifying at the molecular level.

The microscopes are the treasures in Wright State’s new Microscopy Core Facility, housed on the second floor of the university’s Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building. The high-tech equipment is available for use by students, faculty, staff, post-docs and even outside researchers.

“Some laboratories have the ability to personally fund their own highly specialized equipment, however this is usually a very