Confocals

THOR - Nikon A1 laser scanning, structured illumination and TIRF (Porter B047A)

Lasers & Filters

Lasers:

Lauch: LUNV6, high-output.

Excitation at: 405, 445, 488, 515, 561, 647 (nm)

Emission (Chroma) and molecules imaged:

  • Emission filter: 425-475 (nm): DAPI, Hoechst, DyLight-405, Alexa405, etc.
  • Emission filter: 467.5-502.5 (nm): CFP, cerulean, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 500-550 (nm): Alexa488, FITC, EGFP, Opal520, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 521.5-554.5 (nm): YFP, Venus, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 575-625 (nm): Alexa555, 568, 594, TxRed, mRFP, mCherry, TdTomato, Opal570, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 650-720 (nm): Alexa647, Cy5, Opal620, etc. 
  • DIC imaging possible (laser scanning confocal only)

Filters for widefield:

DAPI, GFP, RFP, Brightfield

N-SIM certified objectives:

  • 100x 1.49NA OIL SR Apo TIRF WD 0.12 (mm)
  • 60X 1.27NA Water SR Plan Apo WD 0.17 (mm)

Standard objectives:

  • 4x 0.2NA Plan Apo λ WD 20 (mm)
  • 10x 0.45NA Plan Apo λ WD 4 (mm)
  • 20x 0.75NA Plan Apo VC λ WD 1 (mm)
  • 40x 0.6NA S Plan Fluor ELWD 3.6-2.8 (mm)
  • 40x 0.95NA Plan Apo λ WD 0.25-0.17 (mm)

Available upon request: 

  • 60x 1.40NA Plan Apo OIL VC λ WD 0.13 (mm)

Laser Scanning Confocal:

  • 2 x GaAsP high-sensitivty PMTs (CFP, GFP, YFP, RFP)
  • 2 x multi-alkali PMTs (DAPI, far-red)

N-SIM:

Andor iXon X3 EM-CCD 512 X 512 16 bit

 

 

  • TOKAI-HIT Cell Incubator 1 x 35 (mm) dish or chamber side (coverslip bottom)
  • Motorized X, Y, Z and separate Mad City Labs Piezo Z
  • Multi-point, time-lapse, optical sectioning, large-area montage with stitching
  • Increase power over imaging depth
  • SOLA Light engine
  • Nikon Perfect Focus System
Thor

BLACK WIDOW - Nikon Ti Eclipse spinning disk with FRAP (Porter B049)

Lasers & Filters

Lasers

  • 405, 488, 561, 640 (nm)
  • Quad used for excitation transmission in photobleaching or photoactivation experiments is Semrock Brightline Di01-T405/488/568/647

Emission (Single bandwidth are Chroma and molecules imaged:

  • Emission filter: 430-480 (nm): DAPI, Hoechst, DyLight-405, Alexa405, BFP, etc.
  • Emission filter: 500-540 (nm): Alexa488, FITC, EGFP, Opal520, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 602-662 (nm): Alexa555, 568, 594, TxRed, mRFP, mCherry, TdTomato, Opal570, etc. 
  • Emission filter: 669-741 (nm): Alexa647, Cy5, Opal620, etc. 

Standard objectives:

  • 10x 0.45NA Plan Apo λ WD 4 (mm)
  • 20x 0.75NA Plan Apo VC λ WD 1 (mm)
  • 40x 0.95NA Plan Apo λ WD 0.25-0.17 (mm)
  • 60x 1.40NA Plan Apo VC λ OIL WD 0.13 (mm)
  • 100x 1.45NA Plan Apo λ OIL WD 0.13 (mm)

Available upon request: 

  • 4x 0.13NA Plan Fluor WD 17.2 (mm)
  • 60x 1.27NA water SR Plan Apo WD 0.17 (mm)
Black Widow

Chronos - Yokogawa & Olympus CellVoyager™ CV1000 spinning disk scanner (Porter B047A)

Lasers & Filters

Lasers

  • 405, 488, 561 (nm) & Brightfield via far-red LED

Emission filters are from Olympus and molecules imaged:

  • Emission filter: 447-507 (nm): DAPI, Hoechst, BFP, etc..
  • CFP has been imaged using the 405 nm laser with 447-507 (nm) emission filter.
  • Emission filter: 500-550 (nm): Alexa488, FITC, EGFP, etc.
  • Venus has been imaged using the 488 nm laser with 500-550 (nm) emission filter.
  • Emission filter: 580-654 (nm): Alexa568, 594, TxRed, TRITC, mRFP, mCherry, mKO, TdTomato. etc. 

Standard objectives:

  • 10x 0.4NA UPLSAPO WD 3.1 (mm)
  • 20x 0.75NA UPLSAPO WD 0.65 (mm)
  • 20x 0.45NA LUCPLFLN LWD WD 6.4-7.6 (mm)
  • 40x 0.6NA LUCPLFLN LWD WD 2.7-4.0 (mm)
  • 40x 1.30NA UPLFLN OIL WD 0.2 (mm)
  • 100x 1.40NA UPLSAPO OIL WD 0.13 (mm)

Objectives available upon request:

  • 4x 0.13NA UPlanFl N UIS2 WD 17 (mm)
  • 60x 1.20NA UPLSAPO WATER WD 0.28 (mm)
  • 60x 1.35NA UPLSAPO OIL WD 0.15 (mm)

Hamamatsu Photonics | ImagEM X2 EM-CCD Camera C9100-14 High Resolution Format With 1024 x 1024 Pixels

  • This is a 1024 x 1024, 16 bit detector with 13 x 13 micron pixels
  • Back thinned FT CCD with >90% QE from 500-700 (nm)
  • Cooled to -55 degrees C to reduce detector dark noise
  • Camera binning 2x2, 4x4 to increase sensitivity

The nitty gritty

Chronos is equipped with an ultra-sensitive, high-resolution mode Hamamatsu EMCCD camera and a Yokogawa X1 spinning disk with the option of dual microlens-enhanced Nipkow scanning disks with pinholes of 50 μm or 25 μm; disks can also be removed for widefield imaging. Zero Drift (Olympus) autofocusing and software focusing. This microscope has minimal phototoxicity and photobleaching, and is therefore great for live cell imaging at high temporal resolution, multi-point, and multi-day time-lapse. Multi-point montaging of large tissue samples in X-Y-Z and low-to-medium throughput screening. Excellent brightfield imaging through the disk. Can reload previous sample map and imaging positions to re-image the same locations at different magnifications or over time.

Standard sample holders

  • Standard slides
  • Multiwell slides
  • Multiwell plates, including 6, 24, 96 and 384 wells (please inquire, there are some plate restrictions for live-imaging)

Environmentally controlled chambers

  • Single 35 (mm) dish
  • Triple 35 (mm) dish
  • Multiwell plates including 6, 24, 96 and 384 wells. Please note: this incubation chamber can only accept low profile plates, standard profile do not fit into the chamber. Please inquire.

Acquisition

  • CV1000 software 1.06.06

Viewer

  • CV1000 viewer software version 1.06.06 available for users (please email Director or Specialist for copy)
  • ImageJ
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