Zeiss 700 Confocal Microscope

Location: HSC (Building 586) Room 56

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~~ 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~~ 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

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