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Confocal and Advanced Light Microscopy Facility

CMVM, QMRI, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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Andor Revolution XDi Spinning disk confocal microscope

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Imaging platform for fast multi-dimensional imaging

This system is based on an inverted Olympus IX83 microscope stand and a Yokogawa CSU-X1 spinning disk module and has been specified for fast, high resolution 3D and 4D imaging of live and fixed specimens. It includes two highly sensitive EMCCD cameras with a separate TuCam beam splitter. A MicroPoint photo-manipulation module extends the functionality to carry out ROI-based targetted ablation, activation, conversion etc. The system is located in E0.17 (swipe card access only). For bookings please follow this link.

Further specifications

Spinning disk module - Yokogawa CSU-X1

2 cameras - Andor DU-897 EMCCD (512 x 512 pixels, with a pixel size of 16 microns square.

TuCam beam splitter in front of the two cameras.

The laser bed contains the following lines: 405, 488, 532, 561 and 640 nm operated by a fast AOTF.

In addition, the system is equipped with a pulsed 337 nm nitrogen laser as part of the MicroPoint manipulation module. For this, conversion dyes are available for 405, 488 and 561 nm.

Okolab full Bold Line enclosure with control of temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide

Software - Andor iQ3 or MataMorph

Objectives

The Andor Revolution XDi is equipped with the following lenses:

lens magnif. corr NA
Plan Super Apochromat
4x
A
0.16
Plan Fluorite
10x
A
0.3
Super Apochromat
20x
A
0.6
Plan Super Aprochromat
20x
O
0.85
Plan Super Apochromat
40x
S
1.05
Plan Semi Apo Fluorite
40x
O
1.3
Plan Super Aporchromat W
60x
W
1.2
Plan Super Apochromat
60x
S
1.3
Plan Apochromat
60x
O
1.42
Plan Super Apochromat
100x
O
1.4

W = water, A = air, O = immersion oil, S = silicone oil

Last update:25 May 2017

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