Filter free spectral detector: a spectrophotometer for each detector channel enables the user to design filters, maximize sensitivity, minimize crosstalk and record emission spectra as required.
Microscope: Inverted Leica DM IRE2 microscope
Lenses: 10x, 40x (Oil, Ph), 63x (Oil, DIC)
Fluorescence filters: A (UV), I3 (blue), N2.1 (green)
Laser system: Ar (50 mW): 458 nm, 488 nm, 514 nm
GreenHeNe (1.2 mW): 543 nm
Two detection channels for fluorescence as well as transmitted light detection
Leica Confocal Software (LCS, version 2.61) for 2D and 3D imaging, Region of Interest (ROI) scanning, and time-lapse imaging, FRAP and FRET applications.