Qingyang Liu and Sanne Remmelzwaal are checking the HeLa cells transfected with wild-type Rab8 protein.

Primary tasks: Cell Culture Observation

Microscope: AMG EVOS

Objective:

• LPlan PH2 4x/0.13 phase-contrast
• Plan Fluor 10x/0.3
• Plan Fluor 20x/0.5
• LPlan PH2 20x/0.40 phase-contrast

Epi-fluorescence: GFP, … Read more

Jingchao Wu is studying

Primary tasks: Imaging of fixed samples

Microscope: Nikon Eclipse Ni-E

Objective:

• Plan Apo Lambda 100x N.A. 1.45 oil
• Plan Apo Lambda 60x N.A. 1.40 oil
• Plan Fluor 40x N.A. 1.30 oil
• Plan Fluor 20x N.A. 0.75

Primary tasks:
3D Single Molecule Localization Microscopy using Adaptive Optics

Microscope: Nikon Eclipse Ti with Perfect Focus System 3

Objectives:

Nikon Apo TIRF 100x/1.49 NA oil 
Nikon PLAN FLUOR 10x/0.3 NA air

Camera: 2 x Hamamatsu Flash 4.0v2

Lasers:
Omicron … Read more

Kai Jiang is studying the microtubule minus end proteins in the cells

Primary tasks:
TIRF microscopy, Single Molecule Imaging, FRAP, Photo-Activation, Photo-Ablation (532 nm)

Microscope: Nikon Eclipse Ti with Perfect Focus System

Objective: Apo TIRF 100x / 1.49, oil, WD=0.09-0.16 … Read more

Joanna Lipka is studying the microtubules in primary hippocampal neurons  

Primary tasks:

• STED super-resolution imaging
• Confocal live cell microscopy
• FLIM
• FCS

Microscope
Leica DMI 6000 CS AFC with Adaptive Focus Control
Confocal module with filter free spectral detection, 2 … Read more

Maud Martin is studying microtubules in endothelial cells

Primary tasks:

• Confocal microscopy
• 3D imaging
• FRAP

Microscope: Axio Observer Z1 (inverted) (Zeiss, Germany)

Stage: motorized (Märzhäuser, Germany)

Objectives:

    EC Plan-Neofluar 10x/0.3  WD=5.2mm, Air (Zeiss, Germany)
    Plan-Apochromat … Read more