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OBJECTIVE LENSES

Objective

Magnification

Immersion Medium

Numerical Aperture

Coverslip correction [mm]

Working Distance [mm]

EC Plan-Neofluar

10x

air

0.3

0.17

5.2

LCI Plan-Neofluar Imm Korr DIC M27 

25x

water

0.8

adjustable, 0 - 0.17

0.21 at cover glass 0.17

EC Plan-Neofluar OIL DIC M27

40x

oil

1.3

0.17

0.21

C-Apochromat Korr M27

63x

water

1.2

adjustable, 0.14 - 0.19

0.28 at cover glass 0.17

Plan-Apochromat DIC M27

63x

oil

1.4

0.17

0.19

alpha Plan-Apochromat DIC M27 Elyra

100x

oil

1.46

0.17

0.11

FLUORESCENCE FILTER SETS

Two 6-position emission filter turrets are available for imaging on the Zeiss ELYRA PS.1, one with single-bandpass filters and another one with multi-bandpass filters.   

Single-band emission filter set 

Turret position

Emission filter

Excitation filter

Example Fluorophores

1Transmission lightN/AN/A
2Triple-band filter (labelled None)N/Amost common fluorophores in the visible range
3BP 420 - 480/LP 750MBS 405DAPI
4BP 495 - 550/LP 750MBS -488GFP, Alexa Fluor 488
5BP 470 - 620/LP 750MBS -561mCherry, Texas Red
6LP 655MBS -642Cy5, Alexa Fluor 647
Multi-band emission filter set   

Turret position

Emission filter

Excitation filter

Example Fluorophores

1EmptyN/AN/A
2EmptyN/AN/A
3BP 420 - 480/BP 570 - 640/LP 740MBS 405/561DAPI & mCherry
4BP 420 - 480/BP 495 - 550/LP 650MBS 405/488/642DAPI, GFP & Cy5
5LBF -561/642MBS -561/642Alexa Fluor 555 & Alexa Fluor 647
6LBF -488/561MBS 405ac/488/561DAPI, GFP & mCherry

CAMERA/DETECTOR   

Camera

Pixels

Pixel Size [µm]

Quantum Efficiency (QE)

Andor iXon 897 (EMCCD) for PALM imaging (left side port)512 x 51216 x 1690%
pco.egde sCMOS for SIM imaging (base port)1280 x 12806.5 x 6.557%, dynamic range 15 bit