Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 Microscope
Joseph Wolenski, PhD
Yale Science Building, room C181A
About the instrument
The Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 dual illumination microscope is a selective plane illumination microscope (SPIM) that excites the sample with a plane of laser light from dual ports for ultrafast 4D sections of live transparent organisms, including: zebrafish embryos, Drosophila, and cleared organs.
Specifications
Laser lines:
405 nm, 50 mW
445 nm, 25 mW
488 nm, 50 mW
515 nm, 20 mW
561 nm, 50 mW
638 nm, 75 mW
ZEN 2 software with the following modules:
Arivis vision 4D
Measurement
Image analysis
Lightsheet Z1 package for 3D Multiview
Lightsheet detection module: up to 30 fps at 960 x 1024 pixels.
Objectives (water immersion).
5x/0.16 NA
10x/0.5 NA
20x/1.0 NA
40x/1.0 NA
Rates
Rate for FY 24: $52/hour
Monthly billing is not capped as of August 1, 2021.