ZEISS 510 NLO AXIOVERT 200M TSUNAMI

The Zeiss 510 NLO located in 251-B LSA has the following components:

  • Zeiss inverted Axiovert200M microscope with manual XY-stage.
  • Spectra-Physics MaiTai HP laser for 2-photon Imaging (690nm - 1020nm)
  • Spectra-Physics Pulse Picker and Frequency Doubler
  • Becker-Hickl SPC-830 Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting board for FLIM
    • Hamamatsu MCP-PMT for 2-photon FLIM
    • PMC-100 high speed detector for confocal FLIM
  • 3 Confocal Channels
  • 1 non-descanned detection (NDD) channel
  • Laser lines: 458nm, 488nm, 514nm, 543nm, 633nm
  • Objectives Available:
    • Plan-Neofluar 10x/0.30 WD=5.6mm air
    • Plan-Neofluar 25x/0.50 WD=2.0mm imm (multi-immersion)
    • Plan- Neofluar 40x/1.3 oil WD=0.17mm
    • Plan-Apochromat 63x/1.4 oil
    • Plan-Apochromat 100x/1.4 oil, WD=0.1mm
  • Warner TC-324B Heater Controller
  • Up to 2048 x 2048 pixel resolution
  • Up to 40x Zoom
  • Speed ~ 1 frame/second (Zoom 1, 512 x 512)
  • Live cell imaging
  • Time-series
  • Z-series
  • X,Y,Z,T series
  • FRET: Foerster Resonance Energy Transfer
  • ROI scanning
  • FRAP: Fluorescent recovery after photobleaching
  • FLIM: Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
    • 128 x 128 pixel resolution
    • 1-channel 2p non-descanned detection
    • 1-channel 1p fiber-out detection
    • frequency doubler light (440nm-500nm)
  • Physiology Triggering