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System name and detailsModelSoftware modulesRoomFurther information
Confocal 7
Multi-laser CLSM
Leica SP5II

FRAP 
FRET 
Live Data Mode
Matrix Screener

C29

Confocal 7 technical specifications (PDF, 183kB)

User guide (PDF, 726kB)Confocal tutorial

Confocal 8
Multi-laser CLSM – optimised for live organism imaging
Leica SP5II

FRAP
FRET
Live Data Mode

B9A

Confocal 8 technical specifications (PDF, 185kB)

User guide (PDF, 854kB)Confocal tutorial

Confocal 9
Multi-laser CLSM – optimised for live cell imaging and organism imaging' 
Leica SP8

FRAP
FRET
Live Data Mode
Matrix Screener

C35

Confocal 9 technical specifications (PDF, 188kB)

Confocal tutorial

Confocal 10
Entry level multi-laser CLSM. No motorised stage or incubator.
Leica SPE FRAP, 3D C29

Confocal 10 technical specifications (PDF, 178kB)

Confocal tutorial

Confocal 11
Multi-laser CLSM – optimised for live cell imaging

Leica SP8  3D C35 Confocal 11 technical specifications (PDF, 154kB)

Confocal 12
Multi-laser CLSM

Leica SP8

Lightning 3D
FRAP (available on request)
Navigator

C29 Confocal 12 technical specifications (PDF, 181kB)
Confocal 13
Multi-laser CLSM
Leica SP8

Lightning 3D
FRAP (available on request)
Navigator

C27A  Confocal 13 technical specifications (PDF, 183kB)

Confocal LSB-2
Multi-laser CLSM located in the Life Sciences Building

Leica SP8

Lightning 3D
FRAP
FRET
Navigator

LSB 326  Confocal LSB 2 technical specifications (PDF, 180kB)
Multiphoton
Upright CLSM/MP system with Spectra Physics DeepSee laser
Leica SP8

FRAP
FRET
Live Data Mode

F4

Multiphoton technical specifications (PDF, 242kB)

User guide (PDF, 2,325kB)

STED/FLIM/FCS
CLSM with tuneable and pulsed white light laser, 592 and 660nm depletion lasers and single molecule detection
Leica SP8X

STED
FCS
FLIM
HyVolution
FRAP
FRET

B10B

STED/FLIM/FCS technical specifications (PDF, 179kB)

STED tutorial, FLIM tutorials, FCS tutorial

Olympus IXplore SpinSR

 Olympus IX83    B10A Olympus SpinSR technical specifications (PDF, 166kB)

 

Abbelight SAFe 360 SM imaging).
Single molecule super-resolution / TIRF system

Olympus IX83    B10A Abbelight TIRF + SM technical specifications (PDF, 160kB)
Zeiss Z.1 lightsheet system      B10C

Lightsheet technical specifications (PDF, 94kB)

Further details

Widefield 1
Dual camera system with fast excitation and emission wavelength and focus control

Leica DMIRBE,
Metamorph, Sutter DG5 etc...
  C27A

Widefield 1 technical specifications (PDF, 237kB)

User guide (PDF, 1,079kB)

Widefield 2

(Restricted availability)

Leica DMIRB,

   B10A Widefield 2 technical specifications (PDF, 176kB)
Widefield 5
WFM with motorised stage, adaptive focus control, Leica DFC365FX and  DFC420C colour camera
Leica DMI6000,
Leica LASX
Navigator C27A Widefield 5 technical specifications (PDF, 202kB)
Widefield 6
WFM with motorised stage, adaptive focus control, Photometrics Prime 95B sCMOS camera
Leica DMI6000,
Leica LASX

Live Data Mode
Navigator

B9A Widefield 6 technical specifications (PDF, 152kB)
Widefield 7
WFM with motorised stage, adaptive focus control, Andor EMCCD and sCMOS cameras
Leica DMi8,
Leica LASX
Navigator C40A  Widefield 7 technical specifications (PDF, 214kB)

IncuCyte S3

     C40 IncuCyte S3 technical specifications (PDF, 128kB)

Celldiscoverer 7 – automated widefield system

    B10C Celldiscoverer 7 technical specifications (PDF, 172kB)

Evident (Olympus) VS200 slide scanner

    C40 Slide scanner technical specifications (PDF, 164kB)

Leica MX10 F fluorescence stereomicroscope

    B10A Fluorescence Stereomicroscope - technical specifications (PDF, 82kB)

Tecnai 12

FEI 120kV BioTwin Spirit Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

    C33  Further details

Tecnai 20

FEI 200kV Twin Lens Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM)

    C38A  Further details

Quanta 200

FEI Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

    B8  Further details

Evo 15

Zeiss Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) located in the Life Sciences Building 

     LG44  Further details

SBF-SEM

Zeiss Gemini SEM 450/ Gatan 3View

     B8  
High Pressure Freezer       Leica EMPACT2 + RTS.
Freeze Substitution       Leica AFS2 + FSP Leica AFS
Cryoultramicrotome       Leica EM UC7 with FC7 Cryo attachment
Ultramicrotomes       Leica EM UC6, Leica EM UC7 with IC80HD camera, Reichert Ultracut S.
Preparation Equipment       Most sample preparation can be done in the Unit including freeze drying, critical point drying and coating.

 

Decommissioned systems

 

SystemModelSoftware modules

Laser lines

RoomFurther information
Confocal 5
Multi-laser CLSM
Leica SP

 

  C29

Confocal 5 technical specifications (PDF, 179kB)

Confocal 6
Spinning disk microscope
Perkin Elmer
Ultraview



  C27A

Opera LX HCS system
Automated multi-well imaging of live or fixed cells for phenotypic profiling. 3-laser spinning disk system.
 

 

  B10C

HCS technical specifications (PDF, 63kB)

TIRF
4-laser Total Internal Reflectance Fluorescent microscope.
Leica TIRF MC  

 

B9A

TIRF technical specifications (PDF, 321kB)

Widefield 4
Inverted microscope with colour CCD camera and no incubator

      C35 Widefield 4 technical specifications (PDF, 173kB)

Confocal LSB
Multi-laser CLSM located in the Life Sciences Building

Leica SP5     ‌LSB‌ Confocal LSB technical specifications (PDF, 179kB)

Deltavision
WFM with motorised stage, deconvolution and cell tracking.

Olympus IX71 SoftWoRx   B10C Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)Deltavision technical specifications (PDF, 90kB)

IncuCyte Zoom

Automated multi-site live cell imaging in phase contrast and fluorescence modes, multiple vessels, long-term imaging and high content analysis.

       C40 Incucyte Zoom technical specifications (PDF, 193kB)

 

 

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