Confocal Microscopes
Zeiss LSM 780 - Equipped with:
- Laser lines: 405, 458, 488, 514, 561, and 633 nm;
- Objectives: LSM cal 5x/0.16; EC PlnN 10x/0.3; Pln Apo 20x/0.8; EC PlnN 40x/1.3 oil; C Apo 40x/1.2 water; Plan Apo 63x/1.40 oil and 63x/1.4 oil;
- Environmental chamber with temperature and CO2 control;
- Allows: Lambda Scan; FRAP; FRET; FCS, and FCCS
Confocal Raman microscope - Witec Alpha 300R
Widefield Microscopes
Nikon Eclipse Ti-E - Inverted fluorescence microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: Plan Fluo 4x/0.1 WD = 17.1; Plan FLuor 10x/0.30 WD= 16; S Plan Fluor ELWD 20x/0.50 WD=8.2; S Plan Fluor ELWD 60x/0.7 WD=2.6;
- Camera: Andor NEO sCMOS;
Nikon MA200 - Inverted microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: LU Plan Fluor 5x/0.15; LU Plan Fluor 10x/0.3 WD=15; LU Plan Fluor 20x/0.45 WD=4.5;
- Camera: Nikon DS-Vil;
Nikon Eclipse Ni-E - Upright fluorescence microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: L Plan 1x/0.03 Epi WD=3.8; TU Plan Fluor 5x/0.15 Epi WD=23.5; TU Plan Fluor 20x/0.45 Epi WD=4.5; TU Plan ELWD 50x/0.6 Epi WD=11; Plan APO λ 60x/1.4 oil WD=0.13 TU Plan ELWD 100x/0.8 Eco WD=3.5;
- Camera: Nikon DS-Fi2 and Hamamatsu Orca-R2;
Nikon LV100 ND - Upright microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: LU Plan Fluor 5x/0.15; LU Plan Fluor 10x/0.30 WD=15; LU Plan Fluor 20x/0.45 WD=4.5; TU Plan Fluor 100x/0.9 WD=1.0;
- Camera: Nikon DS-Fi2;
Nikon SMZ 1500 - Stereoscopic microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: Plan Apo 1x WD=70; HR Plan Apo 1.6x WD=24;
- Camera: Nikon DS-Fi1
Advanced High Resolution Fluorescence
Nikon Ti-E TIRF/dSTORM - Widefield microscope equipped with:
- Objectives: Plan Fluor 10x/0.3 WD 16; S Plan FLuor ELWD 20x/0.5 WD=8.2; Plan Fluor 40x/0.8 WD 0.66; Plan Apo 60x/1.4 oil WD=0.13; Plan Apo TIRF 60x/1.5 oil WD=0.13; Plan Apo VC 100x/1.4 oil WD 0.13;
- Lasers:405, 488, 561, and 633 nm;
- Cameras: Andor DU-897, and Nikon DS-Fi1
- Full environmental chamber with temperature and CO2 control;
- Allows: TIRF and dSTORM
In-House Built Microscopes
Andor Revolution DSD combined with JPK Nanowizard 3 - Combined fluorescence and atomic force microscopy;
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microsocpy (FLIM) - Inverted microscope platform, Tsunami Spectra Physics femtosecond laser, Becker&Hickl TCS-PC, Hamamatsu picosecond lasers
Other tools (spectroscopy, ellipsometry, etc.
Fluorometer Horiba FluoroMax-4
Fluorescence lifetime, emission, excitation and anisotropy – ISS ChronosBH
Streak imaging Hamamatsu Universal Streak Camera
Dynamic light scattering Horiba SZ-100Z
Microplate reader Biotek SynergyTM H1
Spectral imaging ellipsometer AccurionNanofilm_ep4
Spectrophotometer Perkin Elmer Lambda 950 UV/Vis/NIR
Spectroscopic ellipsometer J. A Woollam M200
Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) Bruker Vertex 80v
Flow cytometer and cell sorter BioRad S3e
Gel Imaging System Syngene G Box