This is a unique set up that is equipped for confocal imaging, two photon imaging, and physiological recordings (extracellular as well as intracellular and whole cell recordings. It is located in 124 Anatomy-Chemistry Building.
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Olympus FV1000 Confocal Microscope
Confocal Mode
- Olympus BX61 upright with motorized stage
- Transmitted light, DIC and epifluorescence (DAPI, FITC, TRITC filters)
- Simultaneous laser stimulation and imaging via SIM (SIMultaneous) Scanner
- Fast scanning at 2 microseconds/pixel (16 fps at 256×256, bi-directional scanning), highly customizable scan sequences with a time controller
- High-speed spectroscopy, FRET, FRAP, uncaging
- Objectives: 10x dry and water, 40x oil and water, 60x oil and water
- 3 Laser units with filter configuration providing the following:
| Excitation wavelengths (nm) | Emission Filters |
| 405 | 425-475 |
| 488 | 500-550 |
| 515 | 525-565 |
| 559 | 575-625 |
| 635 | 650 Long Pass |
Detectors
- 3- Dedicated PMT for laser lines
- Diffraction gratings allow tunable wavelength selection for PMT1 and PMT2 and spectral scanning (lambda scan, up to 100 nm/ms, up to 1nm resolution)
- 1-DIC PMT (transmitted light detector)
- A high resolution high sensitivity Infra red camera (18 MP still images, full HD at 30 fps video) to allow visual observation of the sample and electrode under IR light
Two-Photon Mode
- Ti-sapphire pulsed laser with pre-chirping tunable from 690 to 1020 nm
- PMT for a green channel
Equipment for Physiological Recordings
- Siskiyou MX7600 motorized 4-axis micromanipulator and a rotary motion controller
- Warner Instruments PC505B patch amplifier, and pClamp data acquisition and analysis software
- Perfusion chamber with associated equipment for oxygenating and heating. A two-channel, DC-powered, low-noise peristaltic pump for circulating solution.
- Light stimulation system includes two computer controlled calibrated LEDs 528 nm or 475 nm with 500 nm and 455 nm interference filters (FWHM 10 nm). A full field light stimulus is directed to the sample via the condenser. The 455 blue LED allows simultaneous 2-photon imaging and light stimulation.
- Dissection equipment including dissection microscope with IR illuminator and IR converters.
- The microscope and related equipment are enclosed in a custom built Faraday cage providing light tight, low noise environment for the optical and electrophysiological recordings.