Confocal Microscopy (5 systems)

Nipkow + Temp Controller + CO2 (Tel. 94 785)

Capabilities      Confocal_Spinning_Disk.pdf

  • Fast Imaging living samples CFP, YFP and also DAPI, GFP, Rhodamine, Cy5
  • Confocal microscopy
  • Temperature, humidity, CO2 control
  • Peristaltic pump, water bath
  • FRET technique

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Detailed specifications

Microscope

  • Zeiss Cell Observer.Z1 (inverted)
  • HAL100 and HXP120C for transmission and fluorescence widefield eyepiece visualization
  • CSU X1 automatic Yokogawa spinning disk head
  • Dual-View system 
  • Definite Focus system

Objectives

  • EC Plan N 10x/0.3 DICI
  • EC Plan-Neofluar  20x/ 0.5 WD=2mm
  • LD Plan-Neofluar 40x/0.6 Korr  WD=2.9mm
  • Plan Apo 40x/1.3 Oil DICIII
  • Plan Apo 63x/1.4 Oil DICIII
  • EC Plan Neofluar 100x/1.3 Oil Ph3

 

Objective Micron/ pixel value
10x 1.6194
40x 0.4073
63x 0.2553
100x 0.1616

Yokogawa Scan Head

1) DAPI 460 / 50

2) Cy5 700 / 75

3) GFP 525 / 50

4) RFP 605 / 70

5) Closed

6) Open

Yokogawa dichroic

1) DAPI-GFP-RFP

2) CFP-YFP-RFP

3) DAPI-GFP-RFP-Cy5

 

DV2 Split view system

1) CFP - YFP   filter T505 / pxr

ET 470 / 24 and ET 535 / 30

2) GFP - Cy3   filter 01-22-EM

ET 525 / 50 and ET 630 / 75

Microscope filters

  • FITC
  • CFP
  • Rhodamine

Lasers

  • 405 nm
  • 445 nm
  • 488 nm
  • 561 nm
  • 640 nm

Detector

Evolve EM512 camera (Photometrics)

Characteristics:

EMCCD camera

Combined with high sensitive backillumination

512 x 512 Pixel, 16x16 μm , Frame Transfer CCD

16 BIT 16 bit Dual ADC, 10 Mhz, 5MHz and 1,0 Mhz Operation

 About 34 full frames/sec

Up to about 748 sub frames/sec (ROI)

Thermoelectrically cooling down to -85°C air cooled about 95% QE

Computer

  • Windows 10
  • Visiview 4.00.10