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VS200 - Specifications

General information

Microscope type: Widefield slide scanner
Purpose: Rapid semi-automated scanning of fixed samples on slides
FPbase link: https://www.fpbase.org/microscope/ip8R2V8YiDaHCBa9hJmP87/ 

Equipment information

Location: JSCBB C1B76

CU Tag: UCB 218991

Sample types

Fixed Cells Yes
Live Cells Not recommended, no environmental control

Software

  • Olympus CellSens

Environmental control

  • None

Light source

  • X-Cite NOVEM-L XT920

Filters

Excitation Emission Fluors
Center Width Min Max Center Width Min Max
387.5 11 382 393 440 40 420 460 DAPI, CellTrace Blue
485 20 475 495 521 21 510 531 FITC, Alexa 488
560 25 548 573 607 34 589.5 623.5 TRITC, Alexa 568, Nile Red
650 13 644 657 694 34.5 677 711.5 Cy5, Alexa 647, Opal 690
740 13 734 747 809 81 768.5 849.5 Cy7, Opal 780

Objectives

Magnification NA Immersion medium
2X 0.10 Air
10X 0.40 Air
20X 0.75 Air
40X 0.95 Air
60X 1.4 Oil

Detectors

  • Hamamatsu Fusion Gen-III
    • 16-bit detectors: pixel intensity values from 0 - 65,535
  • Nikon DS-Fi3 (RGB color camera)
    • 8-bit detector: pixel intensity values from 0 - 255