Location: [Oeiras] Room 0B03
Manufacturer: ZEISS Microscopy
Model: LSM 900 with Airyscan 2
Nickname: "900"
Software: ZEN 3.12
Year: 2022
SN: 2901000180
 
Data will be deleted after: 1 month  
 
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===== Microscope overview ===== {{ :confocal_pinhole.png?340}} The Zeiss LSM 900 with Airyscan 2 is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTkjQ6Q0p5I|point scanning confocal microscope]] able to generate high-resolution three-dimensional images of thick specimens with high sensitivity, high speed and low photodamage. It is an inverted microscope especially suitable for live cell imaging and photobleaching experiments, equipped with a dark large cage incubator and a stage top incubator for temperature control and CO2 supply and with Definite Focus.3 for hardware focus control during long time-lapse acquisitions. The stage is motorized and furthermore equipped with a piezo for Z displacement so fast 4D imaging is possible in multiple stage positions, using the Tiles Advanced Setup of ZEN blue. Its Airyscan 2 with 32 concentrically arranged GaAsP detection elements is able to collect all light from an Airy pattern simultaneously, allowing for increased resolution (120 nm laterally and 350 nm axially in SR mode, at 488 nm). It can also be used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUiEa7vcggQ|Multiplex Mode]], which enables parallel excitation and detection in 4Y modes. The result is a speed improvement by a factor of 4x, while maintaining the sensitivity of Airyscan. Its scanning unit further includes two PMT detectors as well as a GaAsP detector for increased sensitivity (45% QE compared to ~25% QE for conventional PMT). It is equipped with lasers from violet to far red (405, 488, 561 and 639 nm excitation wavelengths). The [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2021/zeiss-lsm-plus-and-zeiss-airyscan-joint-deconvolution.html|LSM Plus deconvolution]] mode enhances signal-to-noise ratio by acting as a denoising step post image acquisition, allowing for high acquisition speed and low laser power. With [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2021/zeiss-lsm-plus-and-zeiss-airyscan-joint-deconvolution.html|Airyscan Joint Deconvolution (jDCV)]] the resolution can be improved to 90 nm (XY) and 270 nm (Z). * **Microscope**: [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/light-microscopes/widefield-microscopes/axio-observer-for-life-science-research.html|Zeiss Axio Observer]] * **LED Illumination**: [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/accessories/colibri.html|Zeiss Colibri 7]] * **Features** * | [[https://www.imdik.pan.pl/images/Us%C5%82ugi_dokumenty/Przydatne_informacje/2d_Definite_Focus_information.pdf|Definite Focus.3]] * | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUiEa7vcggQ|Airyscan 2 Multiplex]] * | [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2021/zeiss-lsm-plus-and-zeiss-airyscan-joint-deconvolution.html|LSM Plus]] * | [[https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2021/zeiss-lsm-plus-and-zeiss-airyscan-joint-deconvolution.html|Joint Deconvolution]]

{{:warning.png?25|}} Data files older than **1 month** will be automatically deleted on this system, please copy your data to the GIMM server using the desktop link. ===== System components ===== ==== LASERs ==== ^ Laser Unit ^ Wavelength ^ Maximum Power ^ | 405 | 405 nm | 15 mW | | 488 | 488 nm | 13 mW | | 561 | 561 nm | 13 mW | | 640 | 640 nm | 10 mW | ==== LEDs (Ocular) ==== ^ Line ^ Wavelength ^ | UV | 385 nm | | B | 475 nm | | G | 555 nm | | R | 630 nm | ==== Objectives ==== ^ Magnification ^ Model ^ Immersion ^ NA ^ WD (mm) ^ Reference ^ | 5x | EC Plan-Neofluar | Air | 0.16 | 18.5 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/us/shop/objectives/420330-9901-000/Objective-EC-Plan-Neofluar-5x-0.16-M27|420330-9901-000]] | | 10x | Plan-Apochromat | Air | 0.45 | 2 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/us/shop/objectives/420640-9900-000/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-10x-0.45-M27|420640-9900-000]] | | 20x | Plan-Apochromat | Air | 0.80 | 0.55 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/us/shop/objectives/420650-9903-000/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-20x-0.8-M27|420650-9903-000]] | | 40x | LD LCI Plan-Apochromat | W, Sil, G | 1.2 | 0.41 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/us/shop/objectives/420862-9970-799/Objective-LD-LCI-Plan-Apochromat-40x-1.2-Imm-Corr-DIC-M27|420862-9970-799]] | | 63x | Plan-Apochromat DIC | Oil | 1.40 | 0.19 | [[https://www.micro-shop.zeiss.com/en/us/shop/objectives/420782-9900-799/Objective-Plan-Apochromat-63x-1.4-Oil-DIC-M27|420782-9900-799]] | ==== Emission Filters ==== ^ Filter name ^ Transmission(nm) ^ Reference ^ | BFP | 450/40 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=2666,2668,2667,2055&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|96 HE]] | | GFP | 425/50 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=1484,1495,1485,2057&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|38 HE]] | | Alexa 546 | LP590 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=1530,1533,1536,2059&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|15]] | | Cy5 | 690/50 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=1547,1550,1543,2068&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|50]] | | DIC | <800 | - | | mPlum | 629/62 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=2620,2618,2619,2069&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|64 HE]] | | Quad | 425/514/592/709 | [[https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/?s=2657,2601,2602,2658,2577&showY=0&showX=1&showGrid=0&areaFill=1&logScale=0&scaleEC=0&scaleQY=0&shareTooltip=1&palette=wavelength|90 HE]] | ===== How to start your session ===== The system should be always on, you only need to: * If incubation is needed (turn on 30 mins before acquiring): * Turn the powerbar off {{::Oeiras_LSM900_powerbar.png?300|}} * Turn the incubation controller on {{::Oeiras_LSM900_incubation.png?300|}} * Turn the powerbar on * Log into Windows with your Agendo credentials * Start **ZEN** ===== How to end your session ===== If there is another user for this microscope in the __next hour__: * Exit ZEN, leave the lasers on * Log off the computer * Clean up immersion objectives (gently wipe with optic cleaning paper and EtOH embedded paper) Else: * Turn off the lasers in **ZEN** * Clean up immersion objectives (gently wipe with optic cleaning paper and EtOH embedded paper) * Exit ZEN * Log off the computer ===== Microscope Turn On Procedure (after complete shutdown) ===== If the system is completely off, please follow this procedure: * Turn the Laser key {{::oeiras_900_turningon1.jpg?300|}} * Turn on the ''SYSTEM'' and ''COMPONENTS'' switches {{::oeiras_900_turningon2.jpg?300|}} * Turn on the ''Power bar'' (on the back right-hand side of the microscope) {{::oeiras_lsm900_powerbar.png?300|}} * Turn on the computer * Log into Windows with your Agendo credentials * Start the **ZEN** software ===== Microscope Turn Off Procedure (for complete shutdown) ===== Please only shutdown the system if instructed to do so by the Bioimaging staff. * Turn off the lasers in **ZEN** * Exit ZEN * Shutdown the computer * Turn off the ''Power Bar'' (on the back right-hand side of the microscope) * Turn off the ''SYSTEM'' and ''COMPONENTS'' switches * Turn off the Laser key ---- [[resources|Back to the Equipment page]]