Laboratory of Confocal and Fluorecent Microscopy

Laboratory of Confocal and Fluorecent Microscopy provides imaging microscopy equipment for imaging fixed and live cells and tissues, including confocal and long term imaging.

Available equipment includes:

*Nikon A1R - Confocal inverted microscope,  with 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x objectives, phase contrast and Hoffman contrast, 405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 640 nm lasers, hybrid and resonant scanners, halogen and UV lamp with epifluorescence filters  (DAPI, FITC and RFP), equipped with environmental chamber (OKO lab), and computer workstation with NIS elements confocal software.

*Nikon SMZ 18 – Epifluorecent stereomicroscope , with 0.75-13.5x (18:1) zoom range, halogen and UV (metal halid) lamp, and epifluorescence filters  (DAPI, FITC and RFP), and computer workstation with NIS elements software.

*Nikon Optiphot 2 - Epifluorescent microscope, with 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x, 100x objectives, phase contrast, halogen and UV (mercury) lamp, and epifluorescence filters (DAPI, FITC and RFP)