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Microscope Name

Upright or Inverted?

Objective Lenses

Laser Lines

37°C Incubation

Techniques

Radiance

Upright

Suitable for coverslips and water dipping

458, 488, 514, 543, 635

Possible

Bio-Rad Microscience Radiance 2100 with Nikon 800 stand and three high-sensitivity GaAsP detectors for 3D imaging of fixed specimens on slides. DIC. Live imaging of specimens in gasket sealed chambers or open dishes possible using a heated stage adapter and lens heater. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP).

SPE

Upright

Suitable for coverslips and water dipping

405, 488, 532, 640

Possible

Leica TCS SPE with DM2500 stand for 3D imaging of fixed specimens on slides. Live imaging of specimens in dishes possible with water dipping lenses using Oko-lab stage adapter or Warner Instruments perfusion chamber. DIC (not dipping lenses). Spectral imaging.

SPE2

Upright

Suitable for coverslips

405, 488, 532, 640

Possible

Leica TCS SPE with DM2500 stand for 3D imaging of fixed specimens on slides. Live imaging of specimens in dishes possible with water dipping lenses using Oko-lab stage adapter or Warner Instruments perfusion chamber. DIC (not dipping lenses). Spectral imaging.

SPE3

Inverted

Suitable for coverslips

405, 488, 561, 640

No

Leica TCS SPE version 2 with DMI4000 stand for 3D imaging of specimens on slides and in dishes. DIC. Spectral Imaging. Motorised stage for multi-position acquisition and tiling. Matrix Screener software for high content screening.

SP5

Inverted

Suitable for coverslips

405, 457, 476, 488, 495, 561, 594, 633

Yes

Leica TCS SP5 with DMI6000B for 3D imaging of specimens on slides and live imaging of specimens in 35 mm dishes and Lab-Tek chambered coverslips using Pe-Con incubation equipment. Spectral imaging. DIC. Motorised stage for multi-position acquisition and tiling. FRAP wizard. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer with FRET wizard. Experiment design using Live Data Mode. Matrix Screener for high content screening.

Olympus FV1200InvertedSuitable for coverslips. Silicon lenses for live imaging405, 458, 488, 515, 559, 635YesOlympus FV1200 with IX83 microscope stand. Live imaging using Tokai-Hit stage adapter for dishes and chambered coverslips. Two spectral detectors, one PMT and two GaAsP detectors for high sensitivity imaging. DIC. Motorised stage. 32x and 60x silicon lenses for thick living specimens. Additional SIM scanner with 405 pulsed laser for ablation experiments and 440 nm laser for excitation of CFP. FRAP possible with or without SIM scanner.

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