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Drs. Koichi Masuda, Steven Garfin, Nozomu Inoue, and Richard Lieber (from left to right) outside of the UCSD-Doshisha University Imaging Center
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Drs. Inoue and Garfin cut the ribbon.
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The celebration begins.
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Dr. Masuda opens the door to the imaging center.
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Dr. Lieber demonstrates how the Leica SP5 confocal microscope works.
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Dr. Inoue with the new microscope.
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Andrea Pallante (left), Mary-Ellen Lenz (right), and Drs. Steven Garfin, Richard Lieber, Robert Sah, Eric Varley (left to right) prepare to begin tours of the facility
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Karen Bowden demonstrates commonly used histological techniques.
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Microscopes used for image acquisition and analysis in the histology room.
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Shannon Bremner and Dr. Viviane Buller demonstrate the effects of botulinum neurotoxin on muscle.
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Mechanical setups to perform both active and passive mechanical studies on muscle tissue.
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Robert Healey demonstrates biomechanical studies performed on tendon.
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Dr. Aseem Hemmad demonstrated dissection of bovine intervertebral discs as Drs. Diane Gregory and Stephen Brown observe.
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Pipetting robot and real-time PCR machines located in the Molecular Biology room.
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PCR equipment located in the Molecular Biology room.
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Megan Bokar and Drs. Raji Pichika and Tomoaki Yoshikawa demonstrate 3D analysis of micro-CT images.
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Fred Harwood and Lucas Puttock demonstrate high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
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Tony Hofer of the Masuda lab demonstrates behavioral techniques to monitor pain levels in animal models.