Zeiss 780 Upright Confocal

Zeiss 780 Upright Confocal

Location

MSRB3 - 4223

Capabilities

  • High sensitivity point scanning confocal imaging
  • Spectral array GaAsP detector
  • Upright motorized stage microscope
  • In vivo or in vitro samples
  • FCS

Cost

$30 per hour

Detailed Specifications

Microscope:

  • Zeiss Axio Examiner with fixed stage (mechanical)
  • 4 Objective turret
  • Metal halide fluorescence source for widefield eyepiece visualization
  • DAPI, Green, Red fluorescence cubes

Lasers:

  • 405 nm Diode laser
  • Argon/2 (458, 488, and 514nm lines available)
  • 561 nm Diode laser
  • HeNe 633nm

Objectives:

  • 2.5x/0.075 Dry EC Plan NeoFluar 440310-9903 WD 9.5 mm (normally in the drawer)
  • 5x/0.15 Dry Plan NeoFluar 440320 WD 18.5 mm (normally in the drawer)
  • 10x/0.45 Dry Zeiss Plan-Apochromat 1063-139 WD 2.0 mm
  • 20x/0.80 Dry Zeiss Plan-Apochromat 440640-9903 WD 0.55 mm
  • 20x/1.0 Water Zeiss W Plan-Apochromat 421452-9800 WD 1.8 mm
  • 63x/1.4 Oil Zeiss Plan-Apochromat 44 07 62 (02) WD 0.19 mm

Dichroic(s):

  • Twin gate dichroic system
  • Low angle of incidence for improved reflection suppression

Detectors:

  • 34 channel confocal detector array for versatilely
  • GaAsP high QE 32 channel spectral array with unmixing capability
  • 2 standard alkali PMTs in positions for blue and far-red detection
  • Photon counting possible with GaAsP array and PMT2 (cooled)
  • Transmitted light detector

Computer:

  • HP Z840 with Intel Xeon E5-2623 V3 3.00 Ghz processor, 16 GB RAM, 2TB data drive, 27" monitor
  • Windows 10 Enterprise (2015 LTSB) 64-bit
  • Zen 2.3 Black