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Services and Equipment

Reservations

Reservations are made through Bookkit. Access to the reservation calendar will be permitted following training. Please contact integrative-imaging@kumc.edu to make an appointment for training.

Confocal


A1R2037a inverted Eclipse TiE with A1R confocal

Nikon Eclipse TiE inverted motorized microscope with perfect focus is attached to an A1R-SHR confocal, with an A1-DU4 detector and an A1-DUT Transmitted detector.  The system has a four-line LU4 laser launch with 404nm, 488nm, 561nm, and 640nm solid state (OPSL) lasers. It is equipped with both high-speed resonant and high-resolution Galvano confocal scanning modes. This system also has TIRF microscopy capabilities with a 405/488/561/638 quad cube and Quad, 525/50,60/50/ and 700/75 emission filters with NiDAQ fast triggering. TIRF allows for the selective excitation of fluorophores within ~100nm of the coverslip and on this system emissions are imaged with an iXon Ultra 897 Andor EMCCD camera, which has high quantum efficiency, extremely low noise (<e- with EM gain), and a fast readout of up to 17MHz. This system also has a stage top incubation system, Chamlide TC, for live-cell imaging with humidity and temperature controls, and it is currently hooked up to a 5% CO2 compressed air tank (tank located in 2047).


Leica TCS SP8 STED 3x Super Resolution Microscope / SP8 Confocal Microscope with Lightning

Leica TCS SPE confocal Microscope

The fluorescent imaging of the STED facilitates the study of subcellular architecture and dynamics. The fully integrated STED (STimulated Emission Depletion) system meets the needs of daily research and provides fast, intuitive, and purely optical access to structural details far beyond the diffraction limit. Resolution is tunable in x, y and z.


2037a CSU-W1 Spinning-disk confocal with SoRa

2037a CSU-W1Nikon TI2-E inverted microscope with perfect focus attached to a Yokagawa CSU-W1 spinning disk confocal with SoRa super-resolution. The system has 4 lasers in an LUNF laser launch (405nm, 488nm, 561nm, 640nm) with corresponding emission filters. The CSU-W1 spinning disk confocal scan head has a Nipkow 50μm micro-lens array (MLA)disk with 500μm spacing with imaging speeds of up to 200 frames per second. The SoRa unit adds a micro-lens added pinhole array (MLPHA) disk which allow individual focal points projected onto the pinhole to be optically reduced by half, creating an ideal image formation (1.4x improvement). The SoRa unit improves optical resolution laterally up to 150nm and axially up to 320nm. With onboard deconvolution, resolution is improved up to 120/300nm.The Hamamatsu Fusion BT is a 16bt sCMOS camera with high quantum efficiency. For live cell imaging the system is equipped with a Tokai Hit STX stage top incubator for CO2 and temperature control. The Prior 450um Piezo nano-positioning Z-drive allows for rapid capture of 3D structures. For highspeed widefield fluorescent imaging this microscope has a Spectra III light engine with 8 fast-switching LEDs across the 390-747nm range. This system also has differential Interference contrast (DIC) capabilities.

Live-cell imaging, Brightfield, DIC, Epifluorescence, Spinning disk confocal, SoRa super-resolution


Fluorescent compound microscopes


2047 Zeiss Axio Observer 7 with Apotome III and AI Sample Finder2047 Zeiss Axio Observer 7 with Apotome III and AI Sample Finder

Brightfield, Fluorescence, Apotome Optical sectioning, Phase contrast, and Coherence Contrast

This system has both monochrome and color cameras and modalities for brightfield, phase contrast, epifluorescence, and widefield SIM (Apotome). The AI Sample finder automatically detects the sample carrier, adjusts the focus, and finds the sample region. It quickly gives an overview interactive image for easy navigation and quick set up of multipoint and large tiled area imaging. The AI sample finder combined with a fast-switching 7-line LED excitation source and high-speed double filter wheel, will dramatically speed up the imaging process. Apotome is a widefield structured illumination technique to remove out of focus light and easily create 3D optical sections.

Objectives

  • EC Plan-Neofluar 5x (WD 18.5, NA 0.16)- Air
  • EC Plan-Neofluar 10x Ph1 (WD 5.2, NA 0.3)-Air
  • Plan-Apochromat 20x (WD 0.55, NA 0.8)- Air
  • Plan Neufluar 25x (WD 0.21, NA 0.8)- Water, Glycerin, Oil
  • Plan-Apochromat 40x (WD0.13, NA 1.4)- Oil

Optivar Magnifier

  • 1x, 1.6x, 2.5x

Epifluorescence

  • Triggerable Colibri 7 LED- 385nm, 430nm, 475nm, 511nm, 555nm, 590nm, 630nm

Triggerable Double Filter Wheel Dichroics

  • Triband 450nm, 538nm, 610nm
  • Quadband 405nm, 493nm, 575nm, 653nm Emission filters-
  • TBP 467/24nm, 555/25nm, 687/145nm
  • QBP 425/30nm, 514/30nm ,592/25nm, 709/100nm
  • 431/28nm
  • 514/30nm
  • 585/20nm
  • 607/36nm
  • 705/72nm

Cameras

  • Axiocam 820 monochrome (14bt, 20.3 mega pixels)
  • Axiocam 305 color R2 (12bt, 5.07 mega pixels)


90i
2047 90i upright fluorescent microscope with motorized stage

Brightfield and Fluorescence

Objectives

  • 4X/10X/20X
  • DIC M N2Plan Fluor 40x
  • DIC M/N2Plan Apo 60x Oil
  • Epi cubes
  • UV-2E/C Excitation 360/40nm, Dichroic 400nm, Emission 460/50 nm
  • CY GFP Ex436/20, Di455, Em480/40
  • HQ:F Ex480/40, Di505, Em535/50
  • TXRED-4040B-NTE Semrock Brightline Ex562/40, Di593, Em624/40
  • HQ:Cy5 Ex620/60, Di660, Em700/75

manual 80i2047 80i upright manual fluorescent microscope

Fluorescent and Brightfield 

Objectives

  • 1X/2X Plan UW
  • 4x/20X Plan Fluor
  • 10x/40X DIC
  • 20x Plan Fluor 
  • Epi cubes 
  • UV-2E/C Excitation 360/40, Dichroic 400, Emission 460/50
  • HQ:F Ex480/40, Di505, Em535/50
  • HQ:TR Ex560/55, Di595, Em6495/75
  • Cy5-4040-NTE Semrock Brightline, Ex628/40, Di594 - 651 nm, 669 - 726 nm, Em692/40

3019 80i3019 80i upright fluorescent microscope

Brightfield, Darkfield, and Fluorescence

Objectives

  • Plan Apo 2X/4X/10X/20X/40X/60X
  • Epi cubes
  • UV-2E/C  Ex 360/40 Di 400 Em 460/50
  • HQ:F Ex480/40 Di 505 Em 535/50
  • HQ:TR Ex560/55 Di595 Em 645/75 
  • Cy5-4040 -NTE Semrock Brightline Ex628/40 Di 594 - 651 nm, 669 - 726 nm Em 692 /40

ix713019 Olympus IX71 inverted fluorescent microscope

Fluorescence, Brightfield, and Phase contrast

Objectives

  • PlanAPO 2X; UPlanFl 4X/10X; LCPlanFl 20X/40X/60X
  • Epi cubes
  • UV, Excitation 350/50nm, Dichroic 400nm, Emission 420nm Long Pass
  • Blue GFP II, EX 380/30, Di 420, Em 460/50
  • EN GFP, Ex 470/40, Di 495, Em 525/50
  • HQ:FITC, Ex 480/40, Di 505, Em 535/50
  • HQ:R/DiI, Ex 540/25, Di 565, Em 605/55


Stereomicroscopes


2031 Leica MZ FLII fluorescent stereomicroscope

Room 2031 is a physiology/surgical suite.  All procedures must have an approved ACUP.  This is a shared room, so please coordinate with other occupants.

The Leica MZ FL III is a fluorescent stereomicroscope with a 12.5:1 zoom

It has a mercury lamp with the following filter choices with color camera for image capture:

V- 425/40nm ex, 475nm em
GFP2- 480/40nm ex, 510nm em
RdsR- 535/50nm ex, 610/75nm em
G- 546/10nm ex, 590nm em
TxRD - 560/40nm ex, 630/60nm em


SMZ 15002047 SMZ1500 fluorescent stereomicroscope

Brightfield and Fluorescence

Objectives

  • P-HR Plan Apo 1x/1.6X
  • Epi cubes
  • Cyan (ECFP) Ex 436/20 Di 455 Em 480/40
  • Endow GFP Bandpass 470/40 Di 495 Em 525/50
  • TRITC (DsRed) Ex 545/30 Di 570 Em 620/60


High Content Microscope


2051 High Content Analysis fluorescent microscope

Nikon Eclipse TiE with HL20C plate loader

For brightfield or fluorescent high content imaging of multiple plates or slides contact Sarah Tague (stague@kumc.edu)


Offline workstations


High Content2047 High Content Analysis Computer

Zenith Workstation - HP Z840

  • Processor - dual Intel Xeon 3.5 GHz processors (8 cores total)
  • Memory - 256GB DDR4 2400 Mhz RAM 
  • Video - GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5XGPU
  • Storage - 1TB Turbo SSD for OS, 6TB (3GBx2 Raid 0) data storage
  • Screen - 34" Ultra Wide Curved Display with 3440 x 1440 resolution
  • Software - Nikon NIS-Elements Advanced research, with General Analysis (Automated image analysis) and Extended Depth of Focus, Zeiss Zen 3.8 with Zendesk AI,  Leica LASX