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Confocal Microscopes

The microscopes at Anatomy are booked online, please go to the Centre for Microscopy and Imaging for further details.

Olympus Fluoview Confocal Microscope with incubator

Inverted microscope (IX81) is fitted with an incubator for live cell experiments
Filter cube contains dichroic mirrors & filters for a range of fluorophores.
Gas Laser System contains: Argon laser 488 nm, Green Helium-Neon laser 543 nm, Red Helium-Neon laser 633 nm.
Has 20x & 40x air and 60x oil immersion objectives.
Dual monitor system used to view PMT collected fluorescent/DIC images.

Andor Revolution Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope with incubator

Four solid state laser lines: 405nm, 488nm and 561 and 640nm.
Yokogawa CSU-X1 Spinning Disk Unit.
Olympus IX81 motorised inverted microscope fitted with a piezo controlled z-stage compatible with 35mm petri dishes, chamber slides and standard microscopy slides. Stage inserts are also available for multiwell plates.
Variable temperature/CO ₂humidified incubation chamber for live cell experiments.
Range of air, water and oil objectives.
High-resolution EMCCD camera (Andor iXon ^EM+).
The system is capable of capturing fluorescence, DIC and phase contrast images.

Leica Confocal Microscope

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Department of Anatomy
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492180; Fax: +353 (0)91 494520
E-mail: Anatomy
This page was last updated Tuesday, May 31, 2011