Instrument/equipment Core/facility: Light Microscope Imaging Facility on Science Hill

Zeiss LSM 980 confocal microscope with Airyscan

Building:

Yale Science Building, room C181F

About the instrument

Optimized for simultaneous spectral detection of multiple weak labels with the highest light efficiency.

Available to Yale researchers & external researchers

Specifications

  • 7 excitation laser lines (nm): 405, 445, 514, 561, 594, 639, 730
  • ZEN Blue 3.1 software
  • Dual-channel NIR detector
  • Viluma LED with 7 excitation channels, including Cy7 Filters
  • Airyscan2 Multiplex modules (BP 420 to 630 nm)
  • Incubation Module
  • Definite focus
  • Z-stacks
  • Time lapse
  • Tiling
  • Objectives:
    • EC Plan-Neofluar 5x/0.16
    • Plan-Apo 20x/0.8
    • Plan-Apo 40x/1/2 Korr multi-immersion
    • C-Apo 63x/1.2W Corr
    • Plan-Apo 63x/1.4 oil