Widefield fluorescence microscopes for live cell imaging

Zeiss Live Cell Observer

Equipment charges: approximately AUD$30 per hour. Six hours is charged at AUD$150 and every hour after is charged at AUD$15 per hour.

Axiovert 200M fully motorised microscope

• DIC and phase contrast optics
• Zeiss AxioCam MRm CCD camera and broad selection of filters. Download camera specifications (pdf)
• Colibri Illumination system, LEDs 455, 470, 505, 540-580, 590, 620.
• Incubation/CO2 accessories

Acquisition software: Axiovision with multidimensional acquisition, z-stack, time series, mark and find modules.

Nikon Biostation IM-Q

Equipment charges: AUD$10 per hour

Intensi-light illumination system with pre-centered fiber optic

• Choice of fixed or motorised stage for increased throughput
• Infra-red LED for phase contrast illumination
• Filter blocks for GFP,FITC; RFP,PI; DRAQ5, Cy5
• Nikon DS-Qi1 Digital monochrome camera 
• 40x/0.8 objective with a 0.5x or 2x tube lens

Zeiss LSM 5 Live widefield fluorescence microscope

Equipment charges: AUD$30 per hour

Axiovert 200M fully motorised inverted microscope

• DIC and phase contrast optics
• Zeiss AxioCam MRm CCD camera and broad selection of filters 
• Colibri illumination system, LEDs 405,470, 540-580,590,620 nm (coming soon).
• HXP120 metal halide lamp with a pre-centred fiber optic.
• Piezo fast focusing z-drive
• Incubation/CO2 accessories

Acquisition software: Axiovision v4.8 with multidimensional acquisition, z-stack, time series, mosaix and mark & find modules.