Slide Scanning will be offered as an imaging service at CALM. No user training will be provided!
To use our slide scanning service, users are asked to fill out the Slide Scanning Form on InfinityX and drop their properly cleaned and labeled slides with one of the CALM staff or at the table outside the facility manager’s office. Steps on accessing InfinityX can be found here.
For information on rates, please see below!
If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us at calm@mcmaster.ca
Instrument Specifications
Our ZEISS Axioscan 7 is capable of imaging in brightfield, polarization and fluorescence modes. It possesses the following specifications:
Objectives: 5x – 0.15 NA (for overview acquisition); 10x – 0.45 NA; 20x – 0.8 NA
Light Source: Colibri 7 with the following LEDs (in nm): 385, 430, 475, 555, 590, 630, 735
Monochromatic Camera: AxioCam 712m (4096x3008px – 12MP) with pixel size of 3.45um
Colour Camera: AxioCam 705c (2464x2056px – 5MP) with pixel size of 3.45um
Rates for Service:
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Application |
Internal Per slide or as noted |
External Per slide or as noted |
Industry Per slide or as noted |
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Brightfield 10x |
6CAD |
7.5CAD |
15CAD |
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Brightfield 20x |
8CAD |
10CAD |
20CAD |
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Brightfield wholemount 20x |
10CAD |
12.5CAD |
25CAD |
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2D Fluorescence 10x |
5CAD (per channel or zplane) |
6.5CAD (per channel or zplane) |
13CAD (per channel or zplane) |
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2D Fluorescence 20x |
7.5CAD (per channel or zplane) |
9.5CAD (per channel or zplane) |
19CAD (per channel or zplane) |
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2D Fluorescence wholemount 20x |
10CAD (per channel or zplane) |
12.5CAD (per channel or zplane) |
25CAD (per channel or zplane) |
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Typical turnaround |
3 – 5 days depending on staff availability |
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For urgent samples (24h turnaround) |
+50%/slide |
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