Leica STELLARIS 8 DIVE MP Confocal Microscope
Leica STELLARIS 8 DIVE MP Confocal Microscope
- DMi8 inverted platform with motorized XYZ stage
- True point scanning confocal with pulsed white light laser (WLL)
- Excitation range: 405 nm and 440-790 nm
- Emission range: up to 850 nm for far-red dyes
- Spectra-Physics Insight2 dual line pulsed laser (fixed 1045 nm + tunable 680-1300 nm) for simultaneous two-channel deep tissue multiphoton imaging, laser ablation, and FLIM/FRET
- TauSense and FALCON (FAst Lifetime CONtrast)
- OkoLabs stage-top incubator for live cell/tissue work
Pricing information
- $45.00 per hour: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday
- $30.00 per hour: all other times
Nikon SoRa Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope
Nikon SoRa Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope
- Ti2-E inverted microscope platform with fast piezo Z-stage
- Yokogawa spinning disc confocal
- Super-resolution via Optical ReAssigment (120 nm resolution)
- Lasers: 405, 488, 561, & 640 nm (including photo-stim module)
- Hamamatsu ORCA-Fusion BT digital CMOS camera
- Tokai Hit stage-top incubator with CO2 for live cell/tissue
- Nikon NIS Elements and deconvolution software
Pricing information
- Coming soon
Leica TCS SP8 Confocal Microscope
The Leica SP8 confocal imaging system (inverted platform) is ideal for live cell imaging and 3D reconstructions. Some of the key system features include:
- DMi8 inverted platform with motorized XYZ stage
- Solid state lasers: 405, 488, 552, and 638 nm
- OkoLabs stage-top incubator for live cell/tissue
See http://www.oko-lab.com/live-cell-imaging/stage-top-digital-gas - 5 internal + transmitted light detectors
- Integrated Lightening deconvolution
- FRET & FRAP applications
- Large-format tile-scanning software ("Navigator") - Watch a video of this
- Improved flexible spectral detection and spectral unmixing to separate signals from overlapping fluorophores
- 40x/1.1 water immersion objective (670 um working distance) with motorized correction (motCORR) collar to maximize brightness and resolution in different conditions (e.g., coverslip thickness, temperature, sample thickness). See PDF file below for more information.
Pricing information
- $40.00 per hour: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday
- $25.00 per hour: all other times
Important information
For billing questions, contact Steve Kehoe at 319-335-1051 or steve-kehoe@uiowa.edu.
For scheduling and training please contact biology@uiowa.edu.
For additional information, contact the Director of the CCI, Dr. Michael Dailey (michael-e-dailey@uiowa.edu).