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Cell Biology & Physiology

Olympus IX-81

Olympus IX81 Inverted Microscope

An inverted widefield microscope equipped with a motorized stage, filter wheels and shutter for fast and accurate multifluorescence image acquisitions.

Location: 206 Taylor Hall

Specifications

Objectives

  • 100x/1.3 oil UPLFLN, WD 200µm, Phase
  • 40x/0.75 UPLFLN WD 510µm, Ph2
  • 20x/0.5 UPLFLN, WD 2.1mm, Ph1
  • 10x/0.3 UPLFLN WD 10mm

Epifluorescence Filters

  • DAPI
  • FITC
  • TRITC
  • Filter Wheels: Sedat filter set to speed multi color acquisitions (DAPI, FITC/GFP, Texas Red, Cy5)

Detection

  • ORCA-Flash4 sCMOS, (2048 x 2048 pixels, 6.5µm pixel size, 13.3mm x 13.3mm chip area), 30 frames/sec