Category: Cell Biology

Demonstration of the confocal microscope Nikon A1R

2012.06.21
Demonstration of the confocal microscope Nikon A1R

Demonstration of the confocal microscope Nikon A1R 1

Demonstration of the confocal microscope Nikon A1R 2

Nikon specialists Catherine Kitts and Alessandra Scarpellini demonstrate Nikon confocal microscope to Richard Wubbolts (Center for Cell Imaging, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University), Livio Kleij (Medical Oncology, UMCU) and Rene Overmeer … Read more

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Testing of the super-resolution microscope Nikon N-SIM

2012.05.25
Testing of the super-resolution microscope Nikon N-SIM at Universiteit van Amsterdam

Testing of the super-resolution microscope Nikon N-SIM
Wide-field                                                          SIM

 

40 nm beads
Objective: Apo TIRF 100x / 1.49

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Testing of the super-resolution microscope Zeiss Elyra PS1

2012.05.24
Testing of the super-resolution microscope Zeiss Elyra PS1 at the Erasmus Optical Imaging Centre

Testing of the super-resolution microscope Zeiss Elyra PS1
Wide-field                                                    SIM

 

HeLa Rab6-GFP stable line,
Objective: alpha Plan-Apochromat 100x/1.46

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Inverted Microscope Nikon TS-100

Inverted Microscope Nikon TS-100
Benjamin Bouchet is checking the growth of the colony of the primary mammary cells

Primary tasks: Cell Culture Observation

Microscope: Nikon TS-100

Objective:
    Plan Fluor 4x N.A. 0.13 phase-contrast
    ADL 10x N.A. 0.25 apodized phase contrast… Read more

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Upright fluorescence microscope Nikon Eclipse 80i

Upright fluorescence microscope Nikon Eclipse 80i
Helma van Riel and master student Kim Boonekamp are checking microtubule binding of kinesin Kif21A mutants


Primary tasks: Imaging of fixed samples

Microscope: Nikon Eclipse 80i

Objective:

  • Plan Apo VC 100x N.A. 1.40 oil
  • Plan Apo VC 60x N.A. 1.40
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Plasma Cleaner

Plasma Cleaner 1

Plasma Cleaner 2
Eugene Katrukha and Bas Cloin are cleaning the cover glasses for the single molecule imaging

Primary tasks:
• Cleaning the cover glasses for the single molecule imaging

Model: Harrick Plasma Cleaner PDC-002

Includes a 6″ diameter x 6.5″ length Pyrex … Read more

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Wide-field Nikon Ti “PEX”-scope

Wide-field Nikon Ti PEXscope 1

Sam van Beuningen and Mariella Franker are studying the molecular motors using inducible PEX assay

Primary tasks:
• Long-term imaging
• DIC
• Phase-Contrast

Microscope: Nikon Ti

Fluorescence Filters: ET-EBFP2 (49021), ET-GFP (49002), ET-mCherry (49008), ET-Qdot 625 – all Chroma… Read more

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TIRF Nikon Ti – Roper iLas FRAP/Photoablation system

TIRF Nikon Ti Roper iLas FRAPPhotoablation system
Andrea Marques and Stine Morthorst are studying the exocytosis of Rab6 vesicles


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

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