The Okazaki campus (National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems) has a variety of microscopes and imaging equipment. This page lists the microscopes mainly in the Optics and Imaging Facility. At the end of this page, we also provide a list of shared microscopes managed by other laboratories and facilities. If you want to use these microscopes, please contact us first.

1 Confocal and 2-photon microscope

1-1 Confocal and 2-photon microscope Leica TCS SP8 MP upright（Room 3-529, Yamate）

1-2 Confocal and 2-photon microscope Leica Leica TCS SP8 MP inverted（Room 3-529, Yamate)

1-3 Confocal and 2-photon (wavelength fixed) microscope Olympus FV1200 

     (Upright type)（Room 3-532, Yamate)

1-4 Confocal and 2-photon (wavelength fixed) microscope Olympus FV1200 

     (Inverted type)（Room 3-532, Yamate)

2 Confocal microscope

2-1 Confocal microscope Leica STELLARIS 8 FALCON (Room B66)

2-2 Confocal microscope ZEISS LSM980 with AiryScan 2 (Room B36)

2-3 Confocal microscope Leica TCS SP8 inverted  (Room 174)

2-4 Confocal microscope Nikon A1R (Room B36)

2-5 Confocal microscope Nikon A1Rsi (Room 3-531, Yamate)

2-6 Confocal microscope Olympus  FV1000（Room 3-532, Yamate)

3 Spinning Disc Confocal microscope

3-1 Benchtop confocal microscope BC43CF (Room B65)

3-2 Spinning Disc Confocal Microscope CSU-X1 (Room B65)

3-2 Spinning Disc Confocal Microscope CSU-X1 (Room 174)

4 2-photon microscope

Olympus 2-photon microscope  FVMPE-RS (Room B65))　Out of order, No repair planned

5 Fluorescence microscope

5-1 Automated fluorescence microscope Olympus BX63 (upright)（Room B36)

5-2 Fluorescence microscope IX71（Room B65)

6 Luminescence microscope

6-1 Luminescence microscope Olympus BX61WI (Room B36)

6-2 Macro zoom microscope Olympus  MVX10 (Room B36) 

7 Fluorescence stereo microscope

7-1 Fluorescence stereo microscope Leica M205FA (Room B66)

7-2 Fluorescence stereo microscope Olympus SZX16 (Room B66)

7-3 Fluorescence stereo microscope Olympus SZX16 (Room 3-529, Yamate)

7-4 Fluorescence stereo microscope Leica MZFLⅢ (Room B36)

7-5 Fluorescence stereo microscope Leica M165FC (Room 174)

8 Scanning Electron Microscope

 Tabletop microscope Hitachi Miniscope TM4000Plus（Room B32-33)

9 Other microscope

9-1 Macro confocal microscope Nikon AZ-C1 (Room 3-531, Yamate)

9-2 IR-LEGO（Room B66, Myodaiji) 

9-3 Atomic Force Microscope BRUKER CellHesion 200 (Room 174)

10 X-ray μCT

3D micro X-ray CT for small animals Rigaku R_mCT2 (Room B32-33) 

11 Cryostat

Cryostat Leica CM3050S (Room B32-33) 

12 Workstation for Image Analysis

12-1 Workstation 1; NIS-elements, LAS-X（Room B36)

12-2 Workstation 2; Imaris, Huygens, Metamorph (Room B36)

12-3 Workstation 3; Huygens, Imaris, NIS-elements, LAS-X (Room 3-531, Yamate)

12-4 WorkStation 4; LAS-AF (Room 3-531, Yamate)

12-5 WorkStation 5; OsiriX (Room B32-33)

There are other shared microscopes in other facilities/ laboratories. When you use these, the applications are required. Contact us for more information. 

When you are unsure which microscope to use, including our microscopes, you can ask us. img [at] nibb.ac.jp

1. Multifunctional super-resolution confocal fluorescence microscope

  Leica STED 3X FALCON 

 (Equipment for cooperative studies in ExCELLS: Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living System)

This multifunctional confocal microscope enables super-resolution, fluorescence lifetime measurement, and fluorescence correlation microscopy.

   Person in charge：NEMOTO, Tomomi  tn [at] nips.ac.jp

                              NONAKA, Shigenori   snonaka [at] nibb.ac.jp

2. Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 

　   Person in charge： NONAKA, Shigenori  snonaka [at] nibb.ac.jp