Biopolis Dresden Imaging Platform

SD2 - Andor Spinning Disc FRAPPA (Andor)

Fast, "real-time" confocal imaging with FRAPPA capability.

Illumination equipment: Cairn OptoLED lite, 405nm diode laser (100mW) + 488 nm solid-state laser Coherent Sapphire (50mW) + 561 nm solid-state laser Cobolt Jive (50mW) + 640 nm solid-state laser (100mW).

 

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Category

Spinning disk

Location

MPI-CBG, LMF MPI-CBG, room 038B

Microscope Stand

Andor IX 81, inverted stand
motorized objective revolver, motorized z-focus

Additional magnification: Optovar 1x / 2x, manual

Additional z-focus device: Prior NanoScanZ

Objectives

10x/0.4 U Plan SApo, Air, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Air
Coverslip Thickness: 0.17
Working Distance: 3.1 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 194 10x/0.4 Olympus
Order Number: UPLSAPO10X2
Inventory Number: 4077990000

40x/1.15 U Plan Apo, Water, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Water
Collar: coverslip correction
Coverslip Thickness: 0.13-0.25
Working Distance: 0.25 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 195 40x/1.15 Olympus
Order Number: UAPON40XW340
Inventory Number: 4092840000

60x/0.9 U Plan FL N, Air, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Air
Collar: coverslip correction
Coverslip Thickness: 0.11-0.23
Working Distance: 0.2 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 189 60x/0.9 Olympus
Order Number: UPLFLN60X
Inventory Number: 4078630000

60x/1.2 U Plan SApo, Water, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Water
Collar: coverslip correction
Coverslip Thickness: 0.13-0.21
Working Distance: 0.28 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 159 60x/1.2 Olympus
Order Number: UPLSAPO60XW
Inventory Number: 4087650000

60x/1.35 U Plan SApo, Oil, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Oil
Coverslip Thickness: 0.17
Working Distance: 0.15 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 161 60x/1.35 Olympus
Order Number: UPSLAPO60X0

100x/1.4 U Plan SApo, Oil, OLYMPUS

Immersion: Oil
Coverslip Thickness: 0.17
Working Distance: 0.13 mm
Thread: RMS (20.32×0.71 mm)
Tube Length: infinity
Objective ID: MPI-CBG 198 100x/1.4 Olympus
Order Number: UPLSAPO100XO
Inventory Number: 4064660000
Condenser

Ph2
NA 0.55, working distance 27 mm, manual

Fluorescence Filter Cubes

motorized revolver

EMPTY ()

empty for through position

  • empty

polarizer ()

empty for through position

GFP/RFP ()

double cube for Alexa488/GFP, Alexa555/Cy3/RFP

eGFP ()

single cube for Alexa488/GFP

RFP ()

single cube for Alexa 568, Alexa555/Cy3/RFP

DAPI ()

single cube for Alexa 405, DAPI

Additional Filters

Alexa 405, Alexa 488, Alexa 568, Alexa 647, Alexa 488, Alexa 647, DAPI, Alexa 488

  • BP 440/40; BP 521/21; BP 607/34; BP 700/45 (BP 420-460; BP 511-532; BP 590-624; BP 678-723), emission filter, quadro bandpass
  • LP 488 Razor edge, emission filter, longpass
  • BP 700/75, emission filter, bandpass
  • LP 568 Razor edge, emission filter, longpass
  • LP 635, emission filter, longpass
  • BP 445/45, emission filter, bandpass
  • empty
  • Polariser
  • BP 525/30, emission filter, bandpass
  • BP 607/36, emission filter, bandpass

CFP

  • empty
  • BP 470/22, emission filter, bandpass
  • Polariser
Transmitted Illumination

LED (LED)

Fluorescence Illumination

HBO

Mercury arc lamp, 100W

405nm

Laser Diode, integrated

488nm

Laser DPSS, integrated

561nm

Laser DPSS, integrated

640nm

Laser DPSS
Camera

Andor Clara cooled interline CCD, Monochrome CCD camera, dexel size 6.45 µm

port Left side port
magnification 0.95x
bit depth 16 bit
sensor size 8.98 x 6.71 mm
maximum frame size 1392 x 1040 dexel
maximum full chip frame rate 11 fps

Andor iXON 897 EMCCD, Monochrome EMCCD camera, dexel size 16 µm

port Left side port
bit depth 14 bit
sensor size 8.2 x 8.2 mm
maximum frame size 512 x 512 dexel
maximum full chip frame rate 35-549 fps
XY Stage

motorized stage

Prior ProScanIII with

  • holder for 1 slide
  • petri dish holder
Hardware Autofocus

OLYMPUS IX 81 ZDC

Scan Head

Yokogawa, CSU-X1

  • max. spinning disk rotation speed: 1500 - 5000 rpm
  • physical pinhole diameter: 25 µm
  • physical pinhole spacing: 250 µm
Incubation

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