Assays available at our facility:
Automation & Navigation
- ZEN Connect: multiscale imaging and navigation → instrumentation
- (Root) tracker: stabilization of moving objects + tracking → available on all Zeiss LSM800/900 confocals
- Multi-blocks made easy: Zeiss experiment designer macro to run consecutive acquisition blocks → available on all Zeiss LSM800/900 confocals
- Automated Water Immersion dispensing (long-term imaging) → Nikon Ti2E-02, Nikon CSU W1-01/02/03
Force Probing:
- UV laser-assisted micro-dissection and ablation → Andor Spinning disk
- Dual pipette aspiration assay (DPA) → Leica SP5 inverted confocal (transferring to Leica Stellaris 5)
- Magnetic tweezer → Leica SP5 inverted confocal
- AFM: Attaching beads to a cantilever
Quantitative Imaging Applications & Technologies:
- Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) & Gated acquisition → Leica SP8inv / – sp8up / sp8DIVE / Stellaris 5
- Fluorescent Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS / RICS) → Zeiss LSM880 up Airyscan
Sample Preparation: