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Zeiss LSM 980 (Cryo) Upright Confocal

Technical description  

Microscope Stand: Imager Z2

Available Objectives:

Magnification Medium Numerical Aperture Working Distance (mm) Correction Collar
5x Air 0.13 15.8 N
10x Air 0.45 2.1 N
20x Air 0.80 0.55 N
50x Air 0.55 9.1 N
63x Oil 1.40 0.19 N
100x Air 0.75 4.0 N

Illumination modes: Transmitted brightfield, widefield fluorescence, confocal fluorescence

Camera: Axiocam 712 mono

Widefield Filters:

  • DAPI (ex: 359/25, em: 445/25)
  • eGFP (ex: 470/20, em: 525/25)
  • DsRed (ex: 545/13, em: 605/35)

Laser lines: 405, 445, 488, 561, 639 and 730 nm

Confocal Detectors: 

  • 3 x PMTs with tunable detection (379 – 736 nm)
  • 2 x Near IR PMTs (642 – 730 nm & 730 – 900 nm)
  • Airyscan super-resolution detector (DAPI, FITC, TRITC, Cy5, Cy7)

Other features

  • Linkam cryo stage for TEM grids
  • Emission spectral scanning (379 – 736 nm)
  • LSM+ image deconvolution
  • Photon counting