Instrumentation
Zeiss Microscope

Specifications
- Zeiss Axioplan II upright microscope with motorized Z stage
- EXFO-X-Cite fluorescent illumination source
- Halogen transmitted light source
- Objectives: 10X, 20X, 25X, 40X, 63X 1.3 NA and 100X-(0.9NA/ 1.4 NA)
- Fluorescence filter cubes for DAPI, FITC, RD, Cy5
- Hamamatsu Orca ER 1394 monochrome camera
- QImaging color camera for histology
- Openlab software for image acquisition and measurements
- Volocity software for measurements and deconvolution
Filter cubes
| Excitation/Emission | Probes/Fluorochromes |
| 360/457 |
DAPI, Hoechst, Coumarin |
| 488/528 |
FITC, Alexa488, GFP |
| 555/617 |
Rhodamine, Alexa555, Texas Red, Phycoerythrin |
| 647/685 |
Cy5, ALEXA 647 |
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