Systems

Abberior STED

Abberior STED

Location: Campus Forschung (N27), room 02.046, second floor

Excitation laser lines: 405, 518nm, 640nm (pulsed & cw), 488nm, 561nm (pulsed)

STED laser lines: 595nm, 775nm

STED imaging modes: gated-STED, RESCue, DyMIN, MINFIELD

Software: Abberior Imspector

Live cell imaging: Add-on environmental perfusion chamber with temperature, humidity and CO2 control

STED publications @ UMIF: [docx]

MicroscopeNikon Ti-E with perfect focus system
Objectives

60x P-Apo Oil

NA: 1.40

WD (mm): 0.13

Detectors4xAPD, 1xCCD camera (The Imaging Source DMK 33G274)
Excitation laser lines [nm]

Pulsed & continuous wave: 518 / 640

Pulsed: 405 / 488 / 561

 

STED laser lines
 STED lasers

NKT photonics Katana 06-HP

595nm

MPB Communications PFL-40-3000-775-B1R

775nm

Output power 1.333W 3W 
Repetition rate 40MHz40MHz 
Pulse duration0.9ns +/- 0.2ns1.03ns 
Pinhole sizeVariable
Gated STEDResolution <30x30nm in XY
Detection channels
  • GFP 495/25
  • YFP 545/25
  • Red1 615/20
  • Red2 685/70
Filters for epi-fluorescence

Filtersystem (em.-color, dye): excitation

  • DAPI: 405nm

  • FITC, Star488: 470nm

  • CY3: 590nm

  • CY5, Star635P: 635nm

UV-VIS illuminationCoolLED pE-2, 4 LEDs: 400, 490, 565nm, 635nm
Halogen lamp100W
CO2 controllerOkolab
Temperature controllerOkolab
SoftwareAbberior Imspector
easy 3D

Spatial light modulators for 3D STED @ 595 & 775 nm and resolution <100x100x100nm in XYZ

RESCue STEDfor bleaching reduction
DyMIN STEDLight dose management for super-resolution live imaging
MINFIELD STEDLight dose management for higher contrast and resolution
Motorized XY stageNikon
Piezo focus driveMad City Labs
Quad-Scanner512x512 @ 5 fps; max. 16000x16000 px
FLIM/FCS/FCCSBecker&Hickl SPC150 TCSPC board
Actively damped optical tableThorlabs

Tags

2D/3D Multicolor STED, Confocal, FCS/FCCS, FLIM, FRET, gated detection, Live imaging, Super resolution
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