Light Microscopy Services
Light Microscopy
Our light microscopy, or LM, facility offers investigators an extensive set of microscopy services equipment for LM imaging and analysis and world-class expertise. Our experienced team offers investigators consultation, training and services in all LM modalities.
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To schedule LM services with the Cellular Imaging shared resource, or to get more information about how we can work with you, contact us:
Location: Thomas Building DE-512
We have an extensive set of microscopy instruments including widefield microscopes, incubator microscopes, a digital slide scanner, a high-content reader, a confocal microscope, a super-resolution microscope and light sheet technologies.
Our team can provide you with consultation, training, development or assisted sessions.
Having sample-related items available in our imaging core facilitates and accelerates research. We offer a selection of microscopy reagents, including dyes for live cell imaging and secondary antibodies for STED microscopy in convenient quantities.
Please inquire for our current inventory.
Nikon Eclipse Ni-U is an upright fixed-stage microscope suitable for collecting 2D images (no stacks) in transmitted light and/or fluorescence mode using a color or monochrome camera.
Nikon Live is a widefield fluorescence microscope system as well as a transmitted light imaging system for DIC and phase contrast modes. It is a versatile widefield imaging microscope that can be paired with 3D deconvolution. The microscope is primarily used for time-lapse imaging of living samples.
Incucyte (S3 and SX5) is an incubator microscope system for long-term, live-cell imaging.
TissueFAXS system is an automated digital pathology system/slide scanner for the imaging of histology slides and fluorescently labeled slides, including large tissue sections and tissue microarray slides.
Molecular Devices ImageXpress is a dedicated microscope with confocal ability for the automated imaging and analysis of samples in multi-well plate format, and it is specifically designed for high-content analysis and for image-based screening applications.
LaVision Ultramicroscope II light sheet system is used for 3D imaging and analysis of entire biological systems using a “sheet” of laser illumination.
Nikon TIRF/STORM is a widefield fluorescence and point illumination total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscope with super resolution (also called N-STORM).
Nikon Ring TIRF is a total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscope that illuminates samples with a ring of light, creating a TIRF field with minimal interference fringes.
Leica SP8 is a versatile confocal imaging platform with stimulated emission depletion (STED) super-resolution capability.
VT-iSIM is a microscope platform for acquiring fast super-resolved images.
Zeiss LSM 780 is a confocal microscope with Airyscan super-resolution capability and multi-photon excitation.