Microscopes which are capable of overcoming the resolution limit of confocal microscopes
Super-resolution
Structured illumination super resolution microscope for 3D-SIM, 2D-SIM, and 2D-SIM-TIRF offering twice the resolution of conventional imaging with standard fluorophores.
The system is also capable of the following imaging modes:
- Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Ring-TIRF
- Localization microscopy (STORM, PALM)
Location: Room A123b
Technical details: BIU wiki
Reservations: Open IRIS
Nikon Eclipse Ti-E N-STORM/TIRF
Fully motorized inverted widefield microscope for fluorescence and transmitted light imaging with full environmental chamber and Perfect Focus System for long time series
The system is also capable of the following imaging modes:
- Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF)
- Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM)
- High-Content Screening (HCS)
Location: Room B115a2
Technical details: BIU wiki
Reservations: Open IRIS
Zeiss LSM 880
Inverted confocal microscope with GaAsP detector, AiryScan (Fast) detector, PicoQuant FLIM detector and full environmental chamber.
- 2 PMT detectors (one with extra cooling for increased infrared sensitivity)
- 1 GaAsP detector
Definite Focus hardware autofocus system
Scanning stage for multipoint or mosaic imaging
Location: Room B502b
Technical details: BIU wiki
Reservations: Open IRIS
Andor Dragonfly Spinning Disc
Fully motorized inverted Nikon Eclipse Ti2 microscope with full environmental chamber and Perfect Focus System for long time series.
Andor Dragonfly 505 high speed spinning disc confocal.
- 2 cameras
- 5 laser lines (400, 488, 561, 642, and 730nm)
- 2 confocal pinhole options (40 and 25µm)
- TIRF
- SRRF Stream super-resolution
Location: Room A509a2
Technical details: BIU wiki
Reservations: Open IRIS