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Zeiss 780 Upright Confocal
User Manual(s)
Zeiss 780 upright confocal manual
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
About LMCF
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French Family Science Cluster
Levine Science Research Center Cluster
Medical Sciences Research Building III Cluster
Nanaline Duke Cluster
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Widefield Fluorescence
Image Analysis Workstations & Software
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Equipment Manuals
Andor XD Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope Manual
Andor Dragonfly Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope (User's Manual)
DeltaVision Elite Deconvolution Microscope
Leica AM Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Manual
Leica SP5 Inverted Confocal Manual
Live Cell Station (Zeiss Axio Observer Z1) Manual - With MetaMorph
Live Cell Station (Zeiss Axio Observer Z1) Manual - Single or Tile Imaging With ZEN
Olympus FV1000 Multiphoton Manual
Olympus VivaView FL Incubator Microscope Manual
ZEN 2.3 Pro: Single Field or Tiling/Stitching Multiple Fields
Zeiss 710 Inverted confocal manual
Zeiss 780 inverted confocal manual
Zeiss 780 upright confocal manual
Zeiss Axio Imager Z2 Upright Microscope Manual
Zeiss Axio Observer Manual
Zeiss LSM 510 Inverted Confocal Manual
Zeiss Lumar.V12 Stereoscope Manual
Zeiss MosaiX - Color brightfield tiling and image stitching on the LCM
Zeiss PALM MicroBeam Laser Capture Microdissection Manual
Zeiss 880 Inverted Confocal Manual
Guides & Tutorials
Introduction to Microscopy
Choose Best Microscope for your Sample
Introduction to Sample Preparation
Coverslip Thickness
Glass Coverslip Cleaning (Acid Wash)
Multiwell Chamber Slides
Paraformaldehyde, Formadehyde and Formalin
Safe Imaging of Live Samples
Laser Lines and Filters
Count Nuclear Foci - ImageJ
Overlay Images in ImageJ
Photoshop
Control Motorized Stage in MetaMorph
Kohler Illumination Procedure
Clean an Objective
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