Confocal

IMPACT currently hosts 3 confocal microscopes. Specifications of each of these systems can be found here.

Nikon AXR-NSPARC

  • High resolution imaging with galvano scanning mirrors (up to up to 8192 x 8192 pixels)
  • High speed imaging with a resonant scanner-up to 2048 x 2048 pixels
  • NSPARC super-resolution module (100nm resolution)
  • Spectral unmixing
  • Tiled scan for large area image acquisition
  • JOBS scripting
  • Environmental control for live cell imaging

Zeiss LSM800 with Airy Scan 2

  • Upright confocal system with water immersion and clearing objectives
  • Airyscan 2 with Joint Deconvolution (100 nm resolution)
  • 3D and time lapse imaging
  • Advanced tile acquistion
  • Zen connect

Leica SP8

  • Advanced tile acquisition with Navigator module
  • Lightning module for software based super-resolution