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===== Microscope overview ===== | ===== Microscope overview ===== | ||
- | {{ :widefield_lightpath.png?0x300}}The Zeiss Axiovert 200M is a fully motorized inverted //widefield fluorescence microscope// ideal for live-cell imaging applications. Using the Metamorph software you can control the motorized filters, shutters and stage to simultaneously set up multi-color time-lapse imaging experiments in multiple stage positions. Its sensitive cooled CCD camera (Photometrics CoolSNAP HQ CCD) allows you to capture weak fluorescent signals and minimize photobleaching/photodamage in light sensitive samples. You can also perform Z-stack acquisition and use [[https://huygens.i3s.up.pt/login.php|PPBI Huygens RM]] [[http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/deconvolution/deconvolutionhome.html|deconvolution]] server to significantly improve image resolution even in thick samples. If you are performing long time-lapse experiments in live samples (aqueous media) and need hardware focus control, check the [[zeiss_cell_observer|Zeiss Cell Observer]] with Definite Focus or the [[nikon_eclipse_ti|Nikon Eclipse Ti]]. If don't want to use deconvolution but need optical sectioning, check out one of the confocal systems such as the point scanners [[zeiss_lsm_710|Zeiss LSM 710]] and [[zeiss_lsm_880|Zeiss LSM 880]] or the spinning disks [[3i_marianas_sdc|3i Marianas SDC]] and [[zeiss_cell_observer_sd|Zeiss Cell Observer SD]]. If your personal computer cannot handle all the data you collected, check out the [[big_guy|Big Guy]] or [[colossus|Colossus]]. If you have FISH or other fixed fluorescence slides try the [[leica_dm5000b|Leica DM5000B]] instead. | + | {{ :widefield_lightpath.png?0x300}}The Zeiss Axiovert 200M is a fully motorized inverted //widefield fluorescence microscope// ideal for live-cell imaging applications. Using the Metamorph software you can control the motorized filters, shutters and stage to simultaneously set up multi-color time-lapse imaging experiments in multiple stage positions. Its sensitive cooled CCD camera (Photometrics CoolSNAP HQ CCD) allows you to capture weak fluorescent signals and minimize photobleaching/photodamage in light sensitive samples. You can also perform Z-stack acquisition and use [[https://huygens.i3s.up.pt/login.php|PPBI Huygens RM]] [[http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/digitalimaging/deconvolution/deconvolutionhome.html|deconvolution]] server to significantly improve image resolution even in thick samples. If you are performing long time-lapse experiments in live samples (aqueous media) and need hardware focus control, check the [[zeiss_cell_observer|Zeiss Cell Observer]] with Definite Focus or the [[nikon_eclipse_ti|Nikon Eclipse Ti]]. If don't want to use deconvolution but need optical sectioning, check out one of the confocal systems such as the point scanners [[zeiss_lsm_710|Zeiss LSM 710]] and [[zeiss_lsm_880|Zeiss LSM 880]] or the spinning disks [[3i_marianas_sdc|3i Marianas SDC]] and [[zeiss_cell_observer_sd|Zeiss Cell Observer SD]]. If your personal computer cannot handle all the data you collected, check out the [[colossus|Colossus]]. If you have FISH or other fixed fluorescence slides try the [[leica_dm5000b|Leica DM5000B]] instead. |
* **Microscope**: Zeiss Axiovert 200 | * **Microscope**: Zeiss Axiovert 200 | ||
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===== System Turn On Procedures ===== | ===== System Turn On Procedures ===== | ||
- | * Turn on the fluorescent light power source | + | * Turn on the fluorescent light power source (if used) |
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* Turn on the Prior stage controller | * Turn on the Prior stage controller | ||
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If there is another user for this microscope in the __next hour__: | If there is another user for this microscope in the __next hour__: | ||
- | * Leave the fluorescent lamp on | + | * Leave the fluorescent lamp on (if used) |
* Clean up immersion objectives | * Clean up immersion objectives | ||
Else: | Else: | ||
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* Turn off the Prior stage controller | * Turn off the Prior stage controller | ||
* Turn off the microscope | * Turn off the microscope | ||
- | * Turn off the fluorescent lamp | + | * Turn off the fluorescent lamp (if used) |
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[[resources|Back to the Equipment page]] | [[resources|Back to the Equipment page]] |