"Falkor:" Zeiss LSM980 Airyscan2 and NIR Detector

Zeiss LSM980 Airyscan2 with NIR DetectorThis large white dragon is here to grant your microscopy wishes. Up to 10-color imaging? No problem. Extremely fast 8Y single color scanning? Easy. Quantification of molecular dynamics? A walk in the park.

Funded by an MLSC research infrastructure program, this system is available to internal and external users.

Scope Body

Zeiss AxioVert Inverted

Lasers
  • 405
  • 445
  • 488
  • 514
  • 561
  • 639
  • 730
Objectives (Mag/NA)
  • Air:
    • 5x/0.15 PlanApo
    • 10x/0.45 PlanApo 0.45
    • 20x PlanApo 0.8NA
  • Immersion:
    • 25x/0.8 MultiImmersion (Water-Sil-Gly-Oil)
    • 40x/1.2 Water AutoCorr C-Apochromat
    • 40x/1.2 Water AutiImmersion
    • 63x/1.4 PlanApo Oil
Detectors
  • 32-channel Quasar detector + 2 PMTs
  • Airyscan2 array detector
  • 2 channel GaAs NIR detector
  • T-PMT for brightfield/DIC
Environmental Control

Full CO2 and temperature control with humidifier, additional heated stage

Sample Holders

Slides, plates, dishes

Features
  • Airyscan JDCV for ~100nm resolution
  • 8Y scanning mode for extremely fast scanning
  • Dynamics profiler fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and flow analysis