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Nikon SDC - Specifications


General Information

Microscope type: Spinning disk confocal
Purpose: Rapid 2D and 3D imaging
FPbase link: https://www.fpbase.org/microscope/qcBX84Msxp9cBTjLn6GoQD/

Equipment information

Location: JSCBB C350A

CU Tag: UCB 211567

Sample types

Fixed Cells

Yes
Live Cells Yes

Software

  • Nikon 5.42.03

Base

  • Nikon Ti-E

Environmental control

  • CO2, Humidity, Temperature

Light source

  • LUNV22

Laser lines

  • 405 nm
  • 445 nm
  • 488 nm
  • 515 nm
  • 561 nm
  • 594 nm
  • 640 nm

Filters

Emission Example
fluorophores

Center (nm) Width (nm) Min (nm) Max (nm)
437 18 428 446 DAPI, BFP
482 34 465 499 CFP
525 50 500 550 GFP, FITC, Alexa Fluor 488
540 30 525 555 YFP
620 60 590 650 TRITC, Texas Red, dsRed
630 30 615 645 mCherry
705 68 671 739 Cy5, Alexa Fluor 647, Draq5

Objectives

Magnification NA Immersion medium
4 0.2 Air
10 0.45 Air
20 0.75 Air
40 0.95 Air
100 1.4 Oil

Z-drives

  • Ti Z drive
  • MCL Piezo Z - 100 µm

Scan head

  • Yokogawa CSU-X1

Detectors

  • Andor iXon 888 ultra (EMCCD camera)
    • 16-bit detector: pixel intensity values from 0 - 65,535