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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 | |||
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Turret position | Emission filter | Excitation filter | Example Fluorophores |
1 | Transmission light | N/A | N/A |
2 | Triple-band filter (labelled None) | N/A | most common fluorophores in the visible range |
3 | BP 420 - 480/LP 750 | MBS 405 | DAPI |
4 | BP 495 - 550/LP 750 | MBS -488 | GFP, Alexa Fluor 488 |
5 | BP 470 - 620/LP 750 | MBS -561 | mCherry, Texas Red |
6 | LP 655 | MBS -642 | Cy5, Alexa Fluor 647 |
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CAMERA/DETECTOR | |||
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Camera | Pixels | Pixel Size [µm] | Quantum Efficiency (QE) |
Andor iXon 897 (EMCCD) for PALM imaging (left side port) | 512 x 512 | 16 x 16 | 90% |
pco.egde sCMOS for SIM imaging (base port) | 1280 x 1280 | 6.5 x 6.5 | 57%, dynamic range 15 bit |
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INCUBATION
The microscope is fully enclosed in a blacked out chamber and equipped with a TokaiHit unit (INU series, Model: ELY).
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SOFTWARE
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: ZEN Black Version 11.0.2.190
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Z drive DC servomotor (smallest Z step size 25 nm)
motorized XY piezo scanning stage motorized (range 130 mm x 100 mm, max. sped 100 mm/s, step resolution 0.2 µm)
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- Z-piezo stage insert for XY scanning stage (max. travel range 100 µm, min. 5 nm step size)
stage inserts available for standard slides, glass-bottom dishes and LabTek chambers
- definite focus
- EPI, HILO and TIRF illumination mode
image reconstruction algorithms for SIM and PALM data