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Wide field microscopes

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Zeiss Observer Z1

​Contact person: Rinse de Boer

rinse.de.boer@rug.nl

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User fee:

RUG/UMCG: €10,-/h

External use: €100,-/h

Light sources:

  • HXP 120C

  • Colibri 1 LED source (365nm,380nm,470nm530nm,555nm

 

​​​Objectives:

  • Plan apochromat 10x/0.25 DIC II​

  • Plan apochromat 20x/0.45 DIC II

  • Plan apochromat 40x/1.2 DIC III

  • Plan apochromat 63x/1.3 DIC II

  • Plan apochromat 100x/1.3 DIC II 

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Filter sets: 

  • Filter set 38          Excitation BP 470/40     Emission BP 525/50

  • Filter set 43          Excitation BP 545/25     Emission BP 605/70

  • Filter set 49          Excitation 365                 Emission BP 445/50

  • Filter set 50          Excitation BP 640/30     Emission BP 690/50

  • Filter set 64 HE    Excitation BP 587/25     Emission BP 647/70 

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  • Camera: Prime 95B (Photometrics)

  • Software: Zen 2.3

  • Definite focus 1: To eliminate focal drift

  • Heating chamber and objective heating

Zeiss LSM 800

​Contact person: Rinse de Boer

rinse.de.boer@rug.nl

User fee:

RUG/UMCG: €20,-/h

External use: €200,-/h

Light sources (confocal mode):

  • Laser 405 nm​

  • Laser 488 nm

  • Laser 561 nm

  • Laser 640 nm

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Objectives:

  • Plan apochromat 10x/0.45 DIC II​

  • Plan apochromat 20x/0.8 PH3

  • Plan apochromat 40x/0.95 DIC II

  • Plan apochromat 63x/1.4 DIC II

  • LD PlnN 40x/0.6 DIC II 

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Light sources (Wide field mode):

  • HXP 120V​

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Filter sets: (Wide field mode):

  • Filter set 38          Excitation BP 470/40     Emission BP 525/50

  • Filter set 49          Excitation 365                 Emission BP 445/50

  • Filter set 50          Excitation BP 640/30     Emission BP 690/50

  • Filter set 63 HE    Excitation BP 572/52     Emission BP 629/62 445/50

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  • Software: Zen 2.3

  • Definite focus 1: To eliminate focal drift

  • Heating chamber and objective heating

BioTek Lionhearth FX

​Contact person: Rinse de Boer

rinse.de.boer@rug.nl

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User fee:

0-6h: €20,-

6-12h: €40,-

12-24h: €50,-

24-72h: €75,-

>72h: €100,-

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Light sources:

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Objectives:

  • ​4x  air​

  • 20x air

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Filter sets: 

  • ​377/477

  • 469/525

  • 586/647

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  • Gen5 4.14 software

  • Hardware and software based autofocus

  • Temperature and CO2 control

  • Live cell imaging

DeltaVision Elite

​Contact person: Rinse de Boer

rinse.de.boer@rug.nl

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User fee:

RUG/UMCG: €10,-/h

External use: €100,-/h

Light sources:

  • SSI solid state illumination

  • 4-laser Photokinetics module, 405, 488, 568 and 640 nm

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Objectives:

  • ​100x/1.30 oil/phase​

  • PlanApo 60x/1.40 oil

  • TIRF 100x/1.45 CC340nm​

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  • Camera: Pco.edge sCMOS; pixel size 6.5 μm x 6.5 μm, 

  • SoftWoRx 6 acquisition and integrated deconvolution software (on a Linux CentOS 6.3 platform);

  • Localization: PALM/STORM

  • Environmental chamber, temperature, and CO2 control

  • Ultimate focus module

  • ​Automated flexure stage

Zeiss Axioscope A1

​Contact person: Rinse de Boer

rinse.de.boer@rug.nl

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Light sources:

  • HXP 120C

 

​​​Objectives:

  • Plan neofluor 100x/1.3 

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Filter sets: 

  • Filter set 38          Excitation BP 470/40     Emission BP 525/50

  • Filter set 20          Excitation BP 546/12     Emission BP 574-640

  • Chroma filter       Excitation BP 380/30     Emission BP 460/50

  • Chroma filter       Excitation BP 620/60     Emission BP 700/75

  • Filter set 64 HE    Excitation BP 587/25     Emission BP 647/70 

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  • Camera: CoolSnap

  • Software: Micromanager 1.4

User fee:

External use: €50,-/h

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