Location: no longer available
Manufacturer: ZEISS Microscopy
Model: LSM 710
Nickname: "710"
Software: ZEN 2012 SP5 FP3 (black)
Year: 2010
SN: 2503000400
 
Data will be deleted after: 3 months  
 
 
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===== Microscope overview ===== {{ :confocal_pinhole.png?350|}} The Zeiss LSM 710 is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTkjQ6Q0p5I|confocal point-scanning microscope]] able to generate high-resolution three-dimensional images of thick specimens with high sensitivity and low photodamage. It is an inverted microscope especially suitable for live cell imaging and photobleaching experiments, equipped with a large cage incubator and a stage top incubator for temperature control and CO2 supply. The stage is motorized so imaging is possible in multiple stage positions or tiled acquisitions. Its scanning unit has a spectral recycling loop, two sensitive PMT detectors and a filter-free spectral separation module that can be continuously set over the entire wavelength range (i.e. you can specify which wavelength range you want to detect). It is equipped with lasers from violet to far red (405, 458, 488, 514, 561 and 633 nm excitation wavelengths). With this system you can perform optical sectioning of fluorescent samples which are too thick for a widefield system such as the [[zeiss_cell_observer|Zeiss Cell Observer]] or the [[zeiss_axiovert_200m|Zeiss Axiovert 200M]]. Image resolution and detection sensitivity are higher than faster confocal systems such as the spinning disks [[3i_marianas_sdc|3i Marianas SDC]] and [[zeiss_cell_observer_sd|Zeiss Cell Observer SD]], but image acquisition is slower. If you need to use a 594 nm laser or increased resolution and sensitivity, or are performing long time-lapse experiments in live samples (aqueous media) and need hardware focus control, check the [[zeiss_lsm_880|Zeiss LSM 880]] or [[zeiss_lsm_980|Zeiss LSM 980]] confocal point-scanning systems with Airyscan and Definite Focus. If your personal computer cannot handle all the data you collected, check out the [[colossus|Colossus]]. {{:warning.png?25|}} Data files older than **3 months** will be automatically deleted on this system, please copy your data to the iMM server using the desktop link. ===== Booking Rules ===== - **Users** can book at maximum **8 hours per week** - This usage restriction does not apply for **weekends** and for working days **before 9:00** and **after 21:00** - Exceptions to these rules require **approval from [[joserino@medicina.ulisboa.pt|José Rino]]**. ===== System components ===== ==== LASERs ==== ^ Laser Unit ^ Wavelength ^ Maximum Power ^ | Diode 405-30 | 405 nm | 30 mW | | Argon | 458, 488 and 514 nm | 25 mW | | DPSS 561-10 | 561 nm | 15 mW | | HeNe633 | 633 nm | 5 mW | ==== Objectives ==== ^ Magnification ^ Model ^ Immersion ^ NA ^ WD (mm) ^ Reference ^ | 10x | EC Plan-Neofluar | Air | 0.30 | 5.2 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/de/shop/objectives/420340-9901-000/Objective-EC-Plan-Neofluar-10x-0.30-M27|420340-9901-000]] | | 20x | Plan-Apochromat | Air | 0.80 | 0.55 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/de/shop/objectives/420650-9901-000/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-20x-0.8-M27|420650-9901-000]] | | 40x | EC Plan-Neofluar DIC | Oil | 1.30 | 0.20 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/de/shop/objectives/420462-9900-000/Objective-EC-Plan-Neofluar-40x-1.30-Oil-DIC-M27|420462-9900-000]] | | 63x | Plan-Apochromat DIC | Oil | 1.40 | 0.19 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/de/shop/objectives/420782-9900-000/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-63x-1.4-Oil-DIC-M27|420782-9900-000]] | **Upon request:** ^ Magnification ^ Model ^ Immersion ^ NA ^ WD (mm) ^ Reference ^ | 100x | Plan-Apochromat DIC | Oil | 1.40 | 0.17 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/de/shop/objectives/440782-9902-000/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-100x-1.40-Oil-DIC|440782-9902-000]] | ==== Filtersets (Ocular) ==== ^ Position ^ Filterset ^ Reference ^ Excitation ^ Dichroic ^ Emission ^ | 1 | Green | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/?s=163176628fcf844&l=en&p=us&f=f&a=v&b=f&id=000000-1031-346&o=|FS38]] | 450-490 nm | 495 nm | 500-550 nm | | 2 | Red | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/?s=163176628fcf844&l=en&p=us&f=f&a=v&b=f&id=000000-1114-101&o=|FS43]] | 533-558 nm | 570 nm | 570-640 nm | | 3 | Blue | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/?s=163176628fcf844&l=en&p=us&f=f&a=v&b=f&id=488049-9901-000&o=|FS49]] | G 365 nm | 395 nm | 420-470 nm | ===== Microscope Turn On Procedure ===== * Turn on the ''MAIN SWITCH'' * Turn on the ''SYSTEMS/PC'' switch {{switches_710.jpg?100}} * Turn on the metal halide fluorescent light source (if needed) {{halide_710.jpg?80}} * Turn on the Ar laser using the key (if needed) {{laser_key_710.jpg?100}} * If you need CO2, open the CO2 valve * Turn on the computer * Login in to Windows with your Agendo credentials * Turn on the ''COMPONENTS'' switch {{switches_710.jpg?100}} * Check that the computer is connected to an ''Unidentified network'' (click on the network icon in the taskbar) {{::network_icon.png?200}} * Switch the Ar laser from ''idle'' ton ''run'' (don't change the ''current'') {{laser_run_710.jpg?100}} * Start the **ZEN Black** software ===== Microscope Turn Off Procedure ===== If there is another user for this microscope in the __next hour__: * Close **ZEN**, leave the lasers on, log off the computer * Clean up immersion objectives Else: * Turn off the 561 nm laser and incubator in the software (if used) * Close the LSM 710 CO2 valve (if used) * Switch the Ar laser from ''run'' to ''idle'' (if used) * Turn off the Ar laser using the key (if used) * Clean up immersion objectives * Close **ZEN**, shutdown the computer. * Turn off the metal halide fluorescence light source * Turn off the two switches: ''SYSTEMS/PC'' and ''COMPONENTS'' * Wait 5 min. for Ar laser cooldown * Turn off the ''MAIN SWITCH'' ---- [[resources|Back to the Equipment page]]