UPEI, with support from ACOA and the Province of Prince Edward Island, recently acquired a Zeiss 710 confocal laser scanning microscope. This equipment, which optically dissects and reconstructs samples in 3D, has become a valuable tool for many types of research and is essential to maintain a competitive edge in the research community. The broad range of applications available to laser scanning confocal microscopy include a wide variety of compositional and morphological studies of most cells and tissues as well as certain inanimate materials. In the coming months, a public presentation and demonstrations of the confocal laser scanning microscope will be made available to university researchers and industry partners who collaborate with UPEI investigators. If this type of microscopy would be valuable to your research, or you wish to arrange for individual or small group demonstrations of the microscope's capabilities, please contact Dr. Andrew Tasker at tasker@upei.ca.