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Department of Biosciences

Brightfield & Widefield Fluorescence Microscopy

Brightfield and widefield fluorescence microscopes offer the simplest and most widely used methods in light microscopy.

Zeiss Axioskop 40

The Zeiss Axioskop 40 is a basic white light and widefield fluorescent microscope, perfect for checking samples and capturing images.

 

General Specification

Upright microscope

Widefield fluorescence 

Objective Lenses

  • 10 x - 0.3 NA
  • 20 x - 0.5 NA
  • 40 x - 0.75 NA
  • 40 x - 1.3 NA
  • 63 x - 1.4 NA

Filter Cube Specification

Ex 365nm         / Em 420-470nm    DAPI

Ex 450-490nm / Em 500-550nm     GFP

Ex 525-575nm / Em 570-640nm     RFP

Ex 625-655nm / Em 665-715nm     Far-Red