
Eisen, Herman N.
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A binocular microscope with a curved frame. The binocular eyepieces have adjustable magnification, 1.25 x 55-75. There is a black mechanical stage with silver slide holder, a aong camera attachment tube at top, three objectives on swiveling plate, and a small rectangular beige power converter box. The microscope has an old MIT property tag, MIT-0001308.
This microscope was originally used in Professor Herman N. Eisen’s laboratory at the Center for Cancer Research (now the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research). Following Eisen's death in 2014, his former assistant Carol McKinley used this instrument in her work at the Whitehead Institute.
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