Students visit UCM Confocal Microscopy Laboratory

Diego Labra, Leandro Guajardo, Nicolás Bravo and Joaquín Barrios, 1st year ETP students, together with science teacher Nicolás Ulloa Ravello at Centro Educativo Salesianos Talca, Chile, visited the Confocal Microscopy Laboratory of the Catholic University of Maule, in a pedagogical experience, whose objective is to promote the interest and active participation of students in advanced scientific disciplines.

The activity, which took place on October 22, was guided by Isabel Vidal, head of the Laboratory, who showed the high-level equipment that the UCM has, with concrete demonstrations of how to analyze images of cell cultures and tissue samples or thicker specimens.

Professor Ulloa noted that by creating practical experiences and vocational guidance, it allows students to develop skills in areas such as technology, engineering and applied sciences.

The Confocal Microscopy Laboratory provides three-dimensional imaging of samples, protein expression and co-expression studies, visualization of bacterial biofilms, analysis of lymphatic vasculature, observation of oocytes, among others, which allows researchers to innovate in the analysis of the results of their research.