Equipments

Olympus LSM FV1200S-IX83

Olympus LSM FV1200S-IX83

Inverted Scanning Confocal Microscope

  • Motorized platform
  • Long-working distance condenser
  • Differential Interference Contrast

 

FV1200 Confocal:

  • 3 laser ports
  • 3 confocal fluorescence detection channels (PMT’s 300 – 850 nm)
  • Transmitted light detector
  • High sensitivity confocal GaAsp Detectors (2x) hvilke detectioner?
  • Z-axis control for IX-83
  • Time controller
  • FRET wizard
  • Sim scanner

 

Laser lines:

  • Laser diode 405 nm (DAPI, Photoactivation, Uncaging)
  • Argon laser: 458, 488, 515 nm (CFP, GFP, YFP, Alexa 488, FITC)
  • DPSS Laser: 559 nm (RFPs, Cy3, TRITC, Alexa 555/568)
  • Red Diode Laser: 635 nm (Cy5, Alexa 633/647)

 

Objectives:

  • UPLSAPO10x2 NA 0.40 WD 3.1 mm
  • UPLSAPO20x NA 0.75 WD 0.60 mm
  • UPLSAPO40x NA 0.95 WD 0.18 mm
  • UPLSAPO60xO NA 1.35 WD 0.15 mm (oil)

 

Fluorescence filter cubes:

  • U-FUW (Wideband Ultraviolet excitation) – UV excitation: e.g. DAPI, Hoechst, Indo
  • U-FBN (Narrowband Blue excitation) – Blue excitation: e.g. FITC, GFP/ EGFP, GFP2, Alexa Green, Fluo (Calcium indicator), Calcium green
  • U-FGWA (Wideband Green excitation) – Green excitation: e.g. Rhodamine/TRITC, Cy3, Texas Red, Alexa Red, RFP
  • U-F61001: Triple band filterset for DAPI/FITC/Propidium Iodide

 

Leica TCS SP5

Inverted Scanning Confocal Microscope

  • Two-photon laser
  • Motorized platform
  • Long-working distance condenser
  • Differential Interference Contrast

Laser illumination lines:

  • Argon 458/476/488/514nm,
  • DPSS 561nm,
  • HeNe 594nm, and
  • HeNe 633nm.

 Confocal detection channels:

  • Five spectral detector channels for fluorescence (2 HyD & 3 PMT)
  • Non-descanned Detector for two-photon.
  • Three photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for fluorescence detection
  • One channel for transmitted light (bright field, differential interference contrast (DIC)).

 Objectives:

  • 10x (NA 0.4)
  • 63x (NA 1.4) oil