Upright microscope, equipped with a laser scanning confocal head. It allows the acquisition of optically sectioned slices.
Features :
Available light sources
- 405 nm
- 488 nm
- 555 nm
- 639 nm
- Mercury lamp HBO
Objectives
- 10X : Pln-Apo 10X/0.45
- 25X : LCI Pln-Neo 25X/0.8 Imm Korr W-oil-Glyc
- 20X : W N Achroplan 20X/0.5 water “dipping lens”
- 40X : EC Pln-Neo 40X/1.3 oil
- 40X : W Pln-Apo 40X/1.0 water “dipping lens”
- 63X : Pln-Apo 63X/1.4 oil
Detectors
- Two photomultipliers and a photomultiplier for transmission with manual selection
- VSD : secondary dichroic variable of 400-70 nm
- motorized XY stage WSB piezo
- Stand: Zeiss Axio Imager Z1 with touch screen
- Acquisition software : ZEN
Capabilities:
- Confocal imaging
- Multi point and tiled images
- Multiple time series
Guide for Confocal LSM700 acquisition
More information
Variable secondary dichroic beam splitter
Comparison of confocal and widefield microscopy (Zeiss)
General aspects of confocal microscopy (concepts/Modes/aberrations/spectral imaging/…) (Nikon)