Zeiss 700 Confocal Microscope

Location: HSC (Building 586) Room 56

Main features of Zeiss 700 System:

• Two Photo Multipliers Tube (PMT) detector unit enables simultaneous 12 bit (4096 intensity levels) acquisition of up to 4 fluorescent channels.
• Confocal scan head unit can provide high-resolution images up to 2048 x 2048 pixels in size.
• Fully automated Zeiss Observer Z1 inverted microscope.
• LED Epifluorescence and HAL100 Brightfield illumination lamps for rapid sample identification and focusing.
• Filter wheel used for epifluorescence viewing of the sample is currently outfitted with  DAPI (coming soon), FITC (green), and Rhodamine (red), filter cube sets.
• Motorized XY stage with a variety of stage inserts available (slides, dishes, multiwall plates, etc..).
• Zeiss Zen Black multi-platform acquisition software.
• Measurements include: Z stack, Time lapse, Stitching/Tiling, XY positions, and Spectra unmixing

Imaging lasers:

• 405nm diode laser (coming soon)
• 488nm diode laser, 10mW
• 555nm diode laser, 10mW
• 639nm diode laser, 5mW

Objectives:

• 10X
• 20X
• 40X Water
• 63X Oil