Type: Equipment
Super-resolution confocal microscope LCS 980 has the following objectives: 10x, 20x, 25x (oil), 40x (water) and 63x (oil), 60x. The excitation lines present in this equipment are: 405nm, 488nm, 561nm and 639nm. This equipment also has an incubation system, which makes it suitable for working with live cells. This equipment incorporates the Airyscan 2 and Elyra 7 super-resolution systems.
Fully motorised LCS 980 confocal laser scanning system. The excitation lines present in this equipment are: 405nm, 488nm, 561nm and 639nm.
Available objective lenses
| medium | NA | WD (mm) | |
| EC PLAN-Neofluar 10x/0.3 M27-Air | dry | 0.3 | 5.20 |
| PLAN-Apochromat 20x/0.8 M27-Air | dry | 0.75 | 0.55 |
| LD LCI PLAN-Apochromat 25x/0.8 Imm Korr DIC M27-Oil | oil | 1.30 | 0.57 |
| C-Apochromat 40x/1.2 Korr M27-Water | water | 1.2 | 0.28 |
| PLAN-Apochromat 63x/1.4 DIC M27-Oil | oil | 1.4 | 0.19 |
The confocal detection system consists of four PMTs, two of which are high sensitivity GaAsP detectors. In addition, the new ZEISS LSM 980 confocal microscope is equipped with an Airyscan detector and the Elyra 7 structured illumination system (SIM). The Airyscan through the combined use of 32 GaAsP detectors enables a 4 to 8-fold improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio of the image, as well as a 1.7-fold improvement of the image resolution in all three spatial dimensions. On the other hand, the Elyra 7 system, using structured illumination techniques, can resolve structures of less than 60 nm with a capture speed that can reach 255 images per second. This makes it ideal for high-resolution dynamic imaging of living cells.
- Colocalisation studies of fluorescent probes.
- Three-dimensional characterisation of biological structures and materials.
- Live cell studies.
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