Confocal Microscopic Platform
Developed by: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Santiago de Compostela (IDIS)
Description
This platform has infrastructure and trained personnel to carry out analysis of fluorescence or confocal microscopy.
Infraestructure:
AOBS spectral confocal microscope Leica inverted DMIRE2
Fluorescent lamp and mercury vapor filter cubes A, I3 and N2.1
8 laser excitation lines: 458, 476, 488, 496, 514, 543, 594 and 633 mm
3CH screening confocal reflection and fluorescence bandwidth and center wave length continuously adjustable and independently for each channel
1 channel detection of transmitted light
Available objectives:
HC PL APO 10x CS 0.4 DRY (2-2 mm)
HC PL APO 10x CS 0.7 DRY (0.59 mm)
HP PL APO CS 40X 1.25-0.75 OIL
HP PL APO 63x ibd.BL 1.4 - 0.60 OIL
Temperature control system (heated stage)
Different types of sweep: spatial (x, x), temporal (xt, x and t, xzt, x and t) and spectral
Control software for finding, acquiring multidimensional series (x, y, z, t), display, and processing dimensional image quantification.
Software for three-dimensional image reconstruction
This platform can offer the following services:
3D reconstructions
multiple labeling
Placement studies
Fluorescence studies on living cells