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Microscope Name

Upright or Inverted?

Objective Lenses

Fluorescence Colours

Techniques

Axioplan

Upright for slides

Up to 100x oil

Blue, Green, Red, Far-Red

Zeiss Axioplan 2 microscope with QImaging QClick camera for high sensitivity and high resolution fluorescence microscopy and differential interference contrast (DIC) of fixed specimens on slides

Axio Imager

Upright for slides

Up to 100x oil

Blue, Green, Red, Far-Red (Cyan and Yellow available on request)

Zeiss Axio Imager A1 microscope with QImaging Retiga EXi for high sensitivity and high resolution fluorescence microscopy and phase contrast of fixed specimens on slides

Axioskop 3

Upright for slides

Up to 100x oil

Blue, Green, Red

Zeiss Axioskop microscope with QImaging QICAM colour camera for moderate to high resolution fluorescence microscopy and imaging of histologically or histochemically stained specimens on slides. Motorised stage supports tiling and stitching of specimens.

Leica

Inverted for TC dishes

Long distance air lenses up to 40x

Blue, Green, Red

Leica DMIRB microscope with Hamamatsu Orca NRB camera. Good for moderate resolution fluorescence microscopy and phase contrast of fixed/live specimens on slides, or in dishes and plates with glass or plastic bottoms

Leica 2

Inverted for TC dishes

Long distance air lenses up to 40x

Blue, Green, Red

Leica DMIRB microscope with Leica DFC7000T colour camera for high resolution fluorescence microscopy and colour imaging of histologically or histochemically stained specimens on slides, or in dishes and plates with glass or plastic bottoms

Confocal Microscopes

Use a confocal microscope if your specimen in thick, has significant out-of-focus blur, or if you need to process, analyse or visualise it in 3D.

Perkin Elmer Ultraview Vox with Nikon TiE stand

Microscope Name

Microscope Model

Upright or Inverted?

Objective Lenses

Lasers

Detectors

Simultaneous/Sequential

Manual/Automated Stage

Climate Environmental Control

Techniques

Radiance

Bio-Rad Microscience Radiance 2100 with Nikon E800 stand

Upright

10x air to 60x Upright for slides

Up to 40x oil (water dipping lenses available)

Argon, 543, 635

3x GaAsP

Simultaneous and Sequential

Manual

Available (heat only)

Imaging Heated stage adapter and lens heater

Bio-Rad Microscience Radiance 2100 with Nikon 800 stand for imaging of specimens on slides and in gasket sealed chambers or open dishes using dipping lenses. Three high sensitivity GaAsP detectors. DIC. FRAP.

SPE

Leica TCS SPE with DM2500 stand

Upright

10x air Upright for slides

Up to 63x oil (water dipping lenses available)

405, 488, 532, 640

1x PMT

Sequential only

Manual

Available

Imaging of specimens on slides and live specimens in Oko-Lab stage adapter or Warner perfusion chamber

Leica TCS SPE with DM2500 stand for imaging of specimens on slides. Live imaging possible with water dipping lenses using Oko-lab stage adapter or Warner Instruments perfusion chamber using . DIC (not dipping lenses). DIC. Spectral imaging.

SPE

Leica TCS SPE with DM2500 stand

Upright

10x air to 63x oil (water dipping lenses available)

405, 488, 532, 640

1x PMT

Sequential only

Manual

Available

Temperature and CO2

Imaging of specimens on slides and live specimens in open dishes using Oko-Lab incubation equipment and dipping lenses. DIC. . Live imaging possible with water dipping lenses using Oko-lab stage adapter or Warner Instruments perfusion chamber. DIC (not dipping lenses). Spectral imaging.

SPE3

Leica TCS SPE version 2 with DMI4000 stand

Inverted

10x air to 63x oil

405, 488, 561, 640

1x PMT

Sequential only

Automated

No

Imaging of specimens on slides and in dishes. DIC. Spectral Imaging. Multi-point and stitching. Matrix Screener. Motorised stage.

SP5

Leica TCS SP5 with DMI6000B stand

Inverted

10x air to 63x oil (63x glycerol available)

405, Argon, 561, 594, 6331x PMT and 3x Hybrids

Simultaneous and Sequential

Automated

Available

Imaging of specimens on slides and in 35 mm dishes and Lab-Tek chambered coverslips using Pe-Con incubation equipment. Spectral imaging. DIC. Multi-point and stitching. FRAP. FRET. Live Data Mode. Matrix Screener.

Vox

Inverted

10x air to 100x oil (60x water immersion available)

405, 488, 561, 640

1x EMCCD camera

Sequential only

Automated

Available

Imaging of live specimens in 35 mm dishes, Lab-Tek chambered coverslips and Ibidi uSlides using Solent Scientific cage type incubation chamber. DIC. Multi-point and stitching. FRAP.

3iYokogawa CSU-W1 with Zeiss Axio Observer Z1 standInverted10x air to 100x oil (40x water immersion available)405, 440, 488, 514, 561, 6401x EMCCD camera and 1x sCMOS cameraSequential onlyAutomatedAvailableImaging of live specimens in 35 mm dishes, Lab-Tek chambered coverslips and Ibidi uSlides using Oko-Lab cage type incubation chamber. DIC. Multi-point and stitching. FRAP.

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