Find news on recent installs, upgrades and events Slide Scanner Install 20/06/2025In partnership with the Histology and Slide Scanning facility at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair we have brought slide scanning abilities to the IMPACT facility.Please contact us for more information. Nikon AXR-NSPARC 15/04/2025We had to say goodbye to our trusty Nikon A1R confocal but we would like to welcome it's replacement in the form of the Nikon AXR-NSPARC.With improved resonant scanner, more sensitive detectors and super-resolution NSPARC detector this system is approximately 5-fold faster than our previous system and can achieve resolutions down to 100nm. It is also a superb live-cell imaging confocal!More information about this system can be found here. Zeiss Observer Upgrade 15/12/2024Our Zeiss Observer microscope has been upgraded with a new stage and AI sample finder.Automatically find your samples on the slide, image at multiple magnifications and combine the images using Zen Connect.Please see here for more information. Evident 4-colour TIRF install 14/09/2024Our Evident (Olympus) IX83 live cell imaging rig has been upgraded to a 4 colour Total Internal Reflection (TIRF) system. Contact IMPACT for more details. Zeiss LSM800-Airyscan upgrade 31/07/2024Our LSM800-Airyscan has been upgraded to Airyscan 2 with 2Y and 4Y scanning.We have also had a software upgrade to include joint deconvolution (jDCV), advanced tile acquisition and Zen Connect.See the Zeiss website here for more information. Publication date 25 Jul, 2025
