LSM 980

PAIS Multiscale Microscopy Center

ZEISS LSM 980 Confocal Microscope with Airyscan 2

Location: PAIS 2409

Equipment List

Microscope

Microscope Stand

  • ZEISS Axio Observer 7, inverted.

  • Definite Focus 3 (hardware autofocus / drift correction).

  • Motorized XY stage.

  • High-speed Piezo-Z.

Objectives

ObjectiveNAImmersionDIC
10× EC Plan-Neofluar0.30DryDICI
20× Plan-Apochromat0.80DryDICII
40× Plan-Apochromat1.20Water
63× Plan-Apochromat1.40OilDICII

Lasers

  • 405 nm, Violet.

  • 445 nm, Blue.

  • 488 nm, Cyan.

  • 514 nm, Green.

  • 561 nm, Yellow-Green.

  • 639 nm, Red.

LED Widefield Illumination (Colibri S/7)

  • UV, 385 nm.

  • B, 475 nm.

  • Y, 555 nm.

  • G, Green.

  • R, 590 nm.

Detectors

  • Airyscan 2, 32-element GaAsP array, Super-resolution / MPLX.

  • Ch1, Multi-Alkali PMT, Standard confocal.

  • Ch2, GaAsP PMT, High-sensitivity.

  • Ch3, Multi-Alkali PMT, Standard confocal.

  • T-PMT, Multi-Alkali PMT, DIC / Brightfield.

Software

  • ZEN 3.9 (Blue edition).

Contact

For training or usage of the system, contact:

  • Keith Lidke, Director — klidke@unm.edu

  • Chitra Shaji, Manager — shajic1989@unm.edu

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