Equipment/Instruments

 

Die Two-Photon Imaging Facility umfasst Two-Photon Laser Scanning Mikroskope:

  1. Olympus FV1000MPE
  2. Leica STELLARIS 8 DIVE FALCON

    und ein In-Vivo Optical Imaging System:
  3. IVIS Lumina XR

 
 

 

Olympus FV1000MPE

Olympus FV1000MPE Urheberrecht: © UNIKLINIK AACHEN
 
 
Microscope table: Anti-vibration table (active dampening) (Newport RS2000-series)
Laser: Spectra physics MaiTai DeepSee HPDS-OL (700-1000 nm).
Argon laser diode (458/488/515 nm)
Laser beam modulation: Olympus Fluoview FV10 single beam scanner optimized for NIR wavelengths.
Microscope stand: BX61WIF (motorized upright microscope)
Detection:

3X internal non-direct scanned PMT detectors (d=25mm). Bandwidth selection of emitted light by filters in motorized filter wheel is in front of each PMT (confocal detectors).
4X ultra-sensitive external non-descanned PMT detectors (d=32mm) for direct detection of emitted light. Bandwidth selection by spectral filters and corresponding dichroic mirrors (in a filter cube) in front of each PMT.

Microscope stage: Motorized Prior Z-Deck X/Y stage.
Image acquisition computer:

Windows 10 Prof. 64bit system; Intel Xeon CPU E5-1620-0 @ 3,60GHz/3,60GHz, 8 GB RAM with FluoView interface board 30 inch TFT- monitor.

Others:

Classic HBO fluorescent light source including light guide, three fluorescent filter cubes (DAPI/GFP/RHOD).
CCD camera Olympus XM10 (12 bit monochrome camera with Cell-P acquisition software.
Laser safety glasses and IR-viewer.

Objectives: XLUMPLAN20x
XLPLN25xWMP-SP
LUMFI60x
UMPLFLN 10XW
XLPLN10XSVMP
20x
25x
60x
10x
10x
NA 0.95
NA 1.05
NA 1.10
NA 0.30
NA 0.60
WD2.0
WD2.0
WD2.0
WD3.5
WD8.0

 
 

 

Leica STELLARIS 8 DIVE FALCON

Leica STELLARIS 8 DIVE FALCON Urheberrecht: © UNIKLINIK AACHEN
 
 


Microscope table:

Newport anti-vibration table (active dampening)

Laser:

Spectra physics IR Laser Insight X3 DUAL (700-1300 nm + 1045 nm), dual beamrouting with VBE.
Laser diodes with AOTF 488 nm, 552 nm, 638 nm

Scanner:

TCS SP8 Scan head (resonant/non-resonant)

Microscope stand:

Leica DM6 CFS (motorized upright microscope)

Detection:

Confocal detectors:

2x HyD SP gated, 1x HyD S SP gated (FLIM capable)

4TUNE DIVE (4-channel):

4X non-descanned 4Tune HyD RLD detectors (FLIM capable) with free tunable detection range

SP8 FALCON (FAst Lifetime CONtrast) with LAS X Phasor FLIM Online

Transmission detectors: 2 PMT with filter block

Microscope stage:

Scientifica MMBP, Okolab laser security box

Image acquisition computer:

Expert CUDA Workstation, RAID

High Power HPZ6G4 Workstation Windows 10 Professional (64 bit)
Intel 6134 XEON3.2 8C, 192 GByte RAM, NVIDIA Quadro GP100 16GB

Promise Pegasus3 RAID System (16 TB)
2 x 31,5 inch displays

Others:

EL 6000 (LQ-HXP 120 LEJ) fluorescent light source,
three fluorescent filter cubes (DAPI/GFP/RHOD).
Detection-Software LAS X

Objectives:

FLUOTAR L 16x/0.6 IMM CORR VISIR
HC PL APO 63x/1.2 W CORR CS2
HC IRAPO L 25x / 1.00 W motCORR

16x
63x
25x

NA 0.60
NA 1.20
NA 1.00

WD2.5
WD0.3
WD2.6

 

Weitere Ausrüstung

  • ​Präparationsbereich für Kleintiere mit Stereo-Mikroskop und S1-Laborbank mit Grundausstattung zur Probenvorbereitung (Standardfarbstoffe verfügbar).
  • Trigger Box für die gesteuerte Bildaufnahme über EKG und Atemsignal.
 

Bildbearbeitung/-analyse

Hardware:

  • Workstation “Datec” (Intel Xeon CPU E5-2630v2@2,6GHz/2,6GHz, 192GB RAM)
  • Workstation “Fujitsu R940” (Xeon E5-2643 v4 @ 3,40GHz/3,40GHz, 192GB RAM)

Software:

  • Bitplane Imaris (verschiedene Module) und Imaris Stitcher
  • Leica LAS X
  • ImagePro Analyzer 3D 7.0
  • Fiji (ImageJ)
  • Autoquant X3
  • XuvStitch
  • Olympus Fluoview FV10 2.0 viewer
 
 

 

In-Vivo Optical Imaging System

 

IVIS Lumina XR

IVIS Lumina XR
 
 

Light source: Halogen Tungsten Lampe (150 W), LED lamps for photographic images.
Detection: -90°C cooled back-thinned, back-illuminated grade 1 CCD camera, 1024x1024 pixel, 13x13mm, (16Bit).
Filters: 10 position excitation filter wheels, equipped with 10 excitation filter (30nm bandwidth) in the range from 430-745 nm, 8 position emission filter wheel, equipped with 4 emission filters (GFP/DsRed/Cy5.5/ICG). Automated image integration to overlay with bioluminescence, fluorescence and photograph.
Imaging chamber: Light-sealed, heated stage to maintain optimum body temperature. Motor controlled stage, filter wheel, lens position, and f-stop.
X-Ray module: Radiation shielded cabinet. Fast X-ray image acquisition times of 1-10 s reducing radiation exposure.
Additional accessories: Optical zoom lens attachment for close up and high resolution X-ray images, optical X-FOV lens attachment for view field extension to 23x24 cm (5 mice). Gas anesthesia ports, 5 position manifold within imaging chamber. Syringe injection system
Anesthesia snit: Xenogen XGI-8 gas anesthesia system for small animals (adapted to anesthetize up to five mice in parallel).
Software: Living Image Software 4.4