Widefield Microscopy (4 systems)

Nikon Widefield P2 (Tel. 94 786)

Capabilities

  • (Fast) Live-cell imaging (environmental chamber, hardware autofocus)
  • Multi-colour fluorescence
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Microscope

  • Nikon ECLIPSE Ti2-E inverted microscope
  • OKOlab environmental chamber (temperature and CO2 control)
  • Perfect Focus System 3 (PFS-3)
  • Several stage inserts (35 mm dish, slides, ...)

Objectives

  • CFI PLAN FLUOR DL 4x
  • PLAN FLUOR 10X/0.30 PH-1, WD= 16 mm
  • CFI PLAN FLUOR DLL 20X
  • PL FLUOR 40x/1.30 OIL IMMERSION, WD= 0.24 mm
  • PLAN FLUOR 40x/0.75 PH-2, WD= 0.66 mm
  • PLAN APO LBDA 60x/1.40 OIL IMMERSION, WD=0.13 mm
  • PLAN APO LBDA 100x/1.45 OIL IMMERSION, WD= 0.13 mm

Illumination filter set

-1) Pinkel PENTAchroic for DAPI/ FITC/ TRITC/ CY5/ CY7

2) Pinkel TRIPLEchroic for CFP/ YFP/ mCherry

Type of Illumination

  • Lumencor Spectra III (Spectra Light Engine) @ 365/ 440/ 514/ 561/ 594/ 670/ 730 nm

Detector

  • Kinetix sCMOS camera (Photometrics): 10 Megapixel, 6.5 um pixel size, 500 frames per second, 29.4 mm field of view, 95% Quantum Efficiency.

Computer

  • Windows 7 64bits
  • NIS- Elements AR 5.30.06 software