Stereo Microscopes
Stereo 1 - Olympus SZX12
Stereo 1
Current Status: Fully Operational
Resource Links:
- Stereo 1 Training Manual
- Training Videos
- Microscope location - Room 2.136
- Make a Booking
Room 2.136 - Olympus SZX12 Microscope Stand with Olympus DP70 CCD camera
Stereo widefield microscope with Halogen Ring and Bifurcated lightsources and CCD camera. Suited for imaging fixed samples and live imaging.
Features Include:
- Manual Z Focus
- Bifurcated Lightsource
- Ring Lightsource
Transmitted Light: 100W Halogen Lamp
Objectives:
| Position | Objective | Magnification | N.A. | Immersion | W.D. (mm) | Type | Type | Thread |
| 1 | Plan Apochromat | 1-12x | 0.2 | Dry | 85 |
Computer:
Dell PC - 3GHz Xeon Processor - 8GB RAM - 256GB nVidia Quadro GPU
1TB HDD
30" LCD Monitor
Software:
DP Capture
Stereo 2 - Nikon SMZ18
Current Status: Fully Operational
Resource Links:
Room 2.136 - Nikon SMZ-18 Motorised Stereo Microscope Stand
Stereo widefield microscope with 100W Mercury lightsource and CMOS camera. Suited for brightfield imaging, imaging fixed samples, samples with low fluorescence and live imaging.
Features Include:
- Motorised Z Drive
- Motorised Fluorescence Turret
Transmitted Light: Nikon 100W Halogen Lamp
Reflected Light: Nikon Intensilight 100W Mercury White Lightsource
Objectives:
| Position | Objective | Magnification | N.A. | Immersion | W.D. (mm) | Type | Type | Thread |
| 1 | Plan Apochromat | 0.5x | 0.075 | Dry | 150 | |||
| 2 | Plan Apochromat | 1x | 0.15 | Dry | 100 |
Fluorescent Filter Sets:
| Position | Name | Excitation | Emission | Suitable Dyes |
| 1 | DAPI - 5060C | 375/28 | 431/28 | DAPI, Hoechst |
| 2 | GFP-3000B | 488/40 | 510 | GFP, A488 |
| 3 | Cy3 | 540/25 | 570 | Cy3, RFP, TRITC |
Computer:
HP Z240 Workstation- 16GB RAM - 4GB nVidia Quadro K2200 GPU
1TB HDD
30" LCD Monitor
Software:
NIS Elements AR 5.1
A motorised stereo-microscope providing brilliant images and uniform fluorescent with more automated functionality than anything else we have had access to before. This system features bright epi-fluorescent imaging, motorised focus control, customisable experimental design, excellent signal to noise ratio and a built in Extended Depth of Field (EDF) funtionality which allows users to achieve flat focus images of large samples such as zebra-fish, embryos and large tissue samples. It comes with both 0.5x and 1.0x magnification objective lenses as well as adjustable microscope zoom up to 13.5x giving us a huge range of possible magnifications to suit any researcher needs.
Stereo 3 - Nikon SMZ1500
Current Status: Fully Operational
Resource Links:
Room 2.136 - Nikon SMZ-1500 Stereo Microscope Stand with DXM1200 CCD camera
Stereo widefield microscope with 100W Mercury lightsource and CMOS camera. Suited for imaging fixed samples, samples with low fluorescence and live imaging.
Transmitted Light: Nikon 100W Halogen Lamp
Reflected Light: Nikon Intensilight 100W Mercury White Lightsource
Objectives:
| Position | Objective | Magnification | N.A. | Immersion | W.D. (mm) | Type | Type | Thread |
| 1 | Plan Apochromat | 0.5x | 0.1 | Dry | 150 | |||
| 2 | Plan Apochromat | 1x | 0.2 | Dry | 100 | |||
| 3 | Plan Apochromat | 2x | 0.4 | Dry | 50 |
Fluorescent Filter Sets:
| Position | Name | Excitation | Dichroic | Emission | Suitable Dyes |
| 1 | DAPI - 5060C | 377/50 | 409LP | 447/60 | DAPI, Hoechst |
| 2 | CFP - 2432C | 438/24 | 458LP | 483/32 | CFP, Cerulean |
| 3 | GFP-3000B | 488/10 | 505LP | 530/60 | GFP, A488 |
Computer:
Dell PC - 3GHz Xeon Processor - 32GB RAM - 1GB nVidia Quadro GPU
1TB Raid Array
30" LCD Monitor
Software:
NIS Elements 4.3