Infrastructure

Nikon Ti Microscope (inverted)

Type
Equipment
Acronym
Nikon Ti
Code
APP/00049
Date of commissioning
01 February 2010 → …
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Nanophysics and nanosystems
    • Proteins
    • Epigenetics
    • Parasitology
    • Epigenetics
    • Phytopathology
    • Plant biochemistry
    • Plant cell and molecular biology
    • Plant immunology
    • Transcriptomics
  • Engineering and technology
    • Biomaterials
    • Polymer composites
    • Biomedical image processing
    • Molecular and cellular biomechanics
    • Medical biotechnology not elsewhere classified
    • Environmental plant biotechnology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural plant protection
    • Crop science
    • Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology
    • Food sciences and (bio)technology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Imaging Colour camera Inverted Brightfield Phase contrast Fluorescence Microscope Live cell imaging Differential interference contrast Widefield illumination
Brand Name/manufacturer
Nikon
Other information
 
Description

Wide-field microscopy is used for thin samples, provides low light exposure and can acquire frames with a speed in the order of 20fps. With this microscope, the sample is illuminated by a collimated beam of light.

The instrument is equipped for both brightfield (phase contrast, DIC) and fluorescence imaging.


Specifications:

  • Inverted
  • Objectives:
    • CFI Plan Fluor DL 4XF, NA 0.13, WD 16.5 (MRH20045)
    • CFI Plan Fluor DLL 10X, NA 0.3, WD 16 (MRH10105)
    • CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda D 20X, NA 0.75, WD 1 (MRD70270)
    • 40X
  • Filter sets (UV to red):
    • DIA/DIC ANALYSER
    • DAPI (Ex. 387/11, Em. 447/60)
    • GFP-B (Ex. 472/30, Em. 520/35)
    • TRITC (Ex. 543/22, Em. 593/40)
    • Cy5 (Ex. 628/40, Em. 692/40)
    • GFP-L (472/30, Em. 488LP)
  • Two cameras:
    • Light sensitive, cooled EM-CCD camera (1000*1000 pixels)
    • Nikon colour CMOS camera
  • Fully automatic filter wheels, objectives, XY-Stage, light source, …
  • Incubator with temperature regulation at the microscope level and CO2 at the cell culture level
  • Perfect Focus System
  • Extended software for recording and visualization of multi-dimensional (X, Y, Z, Lambda, t) images (NIS elements)