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Hardware
  • Abbelight SAFe MN360 super-resolution microscope
  • Evident IX83 inverted microscope frame with ZDC focus control System
  • Marzhauser SCANplus IM with Tango controler
  • 4 laser lines in Abbelight Nexus Laser Combiner:
    405nm – 50mW, 488nm – 40mW, 561nm – 300mW, and 640nm – 1000mW
  • 2  Hamamatsu Orca Fusion camera
  • Abbelight Neo LiveImaging Software
  • Abbelight Neo Analysis Software

Supported imaging modalities: 

Single molecule localization (dSTORM, PALM, and PAINT) and TIRF microscopy

 

 

Filter wheel configuration:

The system has filter wheels in front of each camera, Camera T correspond to the Transmitted camera, Camera R corresponds to the Reflected camera. 

 

Position

Camera T

Camera R

1

Cy5

Cy5

2

Cy3

Cy3

3

GFP

GFP

4

DAPI

DAPI

5

4 Bands Filter (Cy5,Cy3,GFP,DAPI)

4 Bands Filter (Cy5,Cy3,GFP,DAPI)

6

Empty

Empty

 

Abbelight Simultaneous Multicolor Dichroic :

Abbelight instruments are designed to accommodate interchangeable dichroic cubes that split emission signals between two cameras, enabling simultaneous multi-color imaging. The available dichroic cubes are listed below:

 

Applications

Emission Dichroic Cube

Camera T* adapted fluorophores

Camera R* adapted fluorophores

SMLM or TIRF

560LP

Cy5, Cy3

DAPI, GFP

SMLM or TIRF

640 LP

Cy5

Cy3, DAPI, GFP

SMLM

700LP

Spectral-demixing

AF647, CF660, CF680

AF647,CF660,CF680

 

 

Objectives:

 

MagnificationNumerical ApertureImmersion MediumCorrections**Scaling (um/pixel)
20x0.75Air/DryUPlanSApo0.485
100x1.5OilUPLAPO0.097

Sample holder:

 

Software:

  • Abbelight Neo LiveImaging :

Multi-Dimensional Acquisition, 2D and 3D Live detection and reconstruction, ROI toolbox, Live statistics, Automatic calibration tools for illumination, multichannel alignment, smart notebook

 

  • Abbelight NEO analysis:

Batch localization, 3D viewer, Multicolor channel alignment, Filtering, 2D and 3D Clustering, 2D and 3D Colocalization, SPT analysis, Multicolor analysis: sequential and automatic spectral demixing.