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Zeiss LSM 510

Why Use This Microscope?

This microscope is well suited for viewing samples on sealed, inverted slides or in 35mm dishes with a #1.5 coverglass (Matek) compatible with the inverted format. All slides MUST be sealed, clean and dry prior to placing on the stage.
Imaging Modes:

Laser scanning fluorescence and DIC (Nomarski)
3-D “Z-series”
Time-series

Fluorescence Filters: (excitation/emission)

Blue/Green (457,488,514nm for blue, green, yellow dyes, e.g., CFP,YFP,GFP, Cy-2, FITC-like dyes)
Green/Red (543nm for Cy-3, Texas Red, or rhodamine-like dyes)
Red/Far-Red (633 nm for far-red dyes like Cy-5)

Objective Lenses:

5x/.30 Plan-Neofluar
10x / 0.30 Plan Neofluar
20x / 0.75 Plan-Apochromat
40x / 1.30 Plan-NEOFLUAR OIL
63x / 1.40 Plan-APOCHROMAT OIL
100x / 1.30 Plan-NEOFLUAR OIL

Location:

MRBIII 4155

Charges:

Note: To use the microscope you must have an active iLab Account. Reservations are made through our on-line iLab calendar. Contact Sean to arrange training.

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SERVICE*RATE/UNIT
LSM 510 Confocals, scope time$46.00 / hour
Confocal, scope time scope time$49.75 / hour
Widefield, scope time$46.00 / hour
TEM, scope time$113.00 / hour
Zeiss Crossbeam, scope time$61.99 / hour
Live Imaging, Extended Hours (special permissions)$35.00 / hour
Nikon Spinning Disk, scope time$35.00 / hour
Nikon SoRa, scope time$35.00 / hour
Nikon SIM Super Resolution, scope time$35.00 / hour
Nikon STORM Super Resolution, scope time$35.00 / hour
Nikon TIRF, Multi-Excitation$35.00 / hour
Zeiss Z.1 Lightsheet$35.00 / hour
EM PROCESSING
Embed (Spurr's)$58.75 / capsule
Embed Durcupan$58.75 / capsule
Embed SBEM$113.00 / capsule
Freeze Substitution$113.00 / capsule
High Pressure Freezer$35.00 / capsule
Thick section$59.74 / capsule
Thin section$116.49 / capsule
Negative stain, material only$6.00 / hour
ESEM prep, material only$10.00 / hour
Sputter Coater$10.00 / hour
CPD$10.00 / hour
Technical Help
Imaging for hire, training, protracted help$67.00 / hour
Analysis Workstations$7.00 / hour