3-2 Spinning Disc Confocal Microscope CSU-X1

Place: Room No. 174, Myodaiji, NIBB

Date of installation: Mar. 29th. 2012

Features:

Spinning disc confocal, Z stack, Time-lapse, multi-point imaging

・ Light stimulation unit: FRAPPA is equipped with a galvano scanner, and it is possible to irradiate any place with light.

・ Photostimulation: MicroPoint is equipped with an N2 pulse light source and can be ablated and uncaged.

Specifications:

・Microscope: Olympus IX81 (Inverted)

・Spinning disc: Yokogawa CSU-X1

・EMCCD Camera: DU-897 (512 × 512, 16 µm, Quantum efficiency 90% or more)

・Laser (nm): 405 / 440/ 488/ 561

・Objective: x4, x10, x20, x40, x60W, x60Oil

・XY motor stage:

・Z piezo stage: range 350μm

・Z capra

・Photostimulation unit: FRAPPA, Micropoint

・Software: Metamorph

・Stage Incubator: RT~50℃, 5%CO2 (INUBSF-FI-RK, TOKAI HIT)