Olympus FV-1000

This microscope is well suited for viewing polarized cells and tissue samples on sealed, inverted slides or in 35mm Matek dishes with a #1.5 coverglass. Imaging through a non-glass surface is discouraged. All slides MUST be sealed, clean and dry prior to placing on the stage. Imaging Modes: Laser scanning fluorescence and DIC (Nomarski) 3-D “Z-series” Time-series Simultaneous bleach/scan for PA-GFP and FRAP Fluorescence Filters: (excitation/emission) NearUV/Blue (405nm for UV dyes e.g, DAPI) Blue/Green (457,488,514nm for blue, green, yellow dyes, e.g., CFP,YFP,GFP, Cy-2, FITC-like dyes) Green/Red (543nm for Cy-3, Texas Red, or rhodamine-like dyes) Red/Far-Red (633 nm for far-red dyes like Cy-5) Objective Lenses: 10x / 0.30 Plan Neofluar 20x / 0.80 SPlan-UApo 40x / 1.30 Plan-Neofluar OIL 60x / 1.45 Plan-Apochromat OIL 100x / 1.40 SPlan-UApo OIL Charges: $49.75 / hour Note: To use the microscope you must have an active iLab account. Reservations are made through our on-line iLab calendar. Contact Sean to arrange training. Location: MRBIV 10434