Bioimaging Facility: Advanced Light Microscopy
The state of the art Bioimaging and Microscopy research and teaching facility in the Department of Biosciences is at the core of the Durham Centre for Bioimaging Technology and houses an extensive selection of imaging modalities
Confocal Microscopes
Zeiss LSCM 800 with Airyscan
Location: Biosciences Room 137
The Zeiss 800 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (LSCM) offers high-end confocal imaging in a compact set-up, complete with two highly sensitive GaAsP detectors alongside an Airyscan detector. The Airyscan detector provices an improved resolution of 120nm (in x,y dimension) and 350nm (in z dimension) with an singal-to-noise ratio (SNR) 4-8x better than standard detectors.
This sytem is best suited for standard fixed cell and tissue samples
Lens | N.A. |
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Zeiss 10x Plan-NEOFLUAR | 0.3 |
Zeiss 20x Plan-Apochromat | 0.8 |
Zeiss 63x oil Plan-Apochromat | 1.4 |
Laser Lines | PMT 1 Emission | PMT 2 Emission | Airyscan |
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405 nm | SP 470 nm | LBP 640 nm | Tunable |
488 nm | SP 545 nm | LP 575 nm | |
561 nm | SP 620 nm | LP 655 nm | |
640 nm |