Zeiss AxioZoom.V16

About this microscope

Here you’ll find the hardware and capabilities currently recorded for this microscope. If you are planning an experiment, AIC Turku staff can help with access, training, and configuration choices.

Current status: 🟢 Online

Operational

QC and maintenance history Open Virtual Microscope

Manufacturer

Zeiss

Model

AxioZoom.V16

Stand

Stereo

Eyepieces

Trinocular

Location

BioCity, 5th floor, room Dunkel

Purchased

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Funding

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Capabilities

These are the capabilities recorded for this microscope. Open the optical-route details below to see how the hardware is connected.

Widefield fluorescenceOptical sectioningTransmitted brightfieldReflected brightfield

Methods and the light path that records them

Each method below is explicitly associated in the instrument record with the physical light path that implements it. An imaging mode or contrast method that appears above but not here has no recorded method-to-path mapping yet.

• Widefield fluorescence: Widefield fluorescence, Optical sectioning
• Reflected light: Reflected brightfield
• Transmitted light: Transmitted brightfield

Modules

SIM Module

Software

• Zeiss ZEN Pro
  Acquisition
  Role: Acquisition
  Version: Not documented

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Hardware

Light sources

• LED Zeiss CL 9000 LED CAN ring light
  Zeiss
  Type: LED
  Role: Reflected Illumination
  Notes: Top illumination. Broadband white light.

• LED VisiLED MC1000 LED base light
  VisiLED
  Type: LED
  Role: Transmitted Illumination
  Notes: Bottom illumination. Broadband white light.

• Arc Lamp Zeiss HXP 200C
  Zeiss
  Type: Arc Lamp
  Notes: Mercury lamp. Broadband excitation.

Detectors

• Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash4.0 LT+ sCMOS
  Scientific CMOS
  Type: Scientific CMOS
  Pixel pitch: 6.5 µm
  Sensor format: 2048 x 2048
  Notes: mono

• Zeiss AxioCam 105 Color
  Standard CMOS
  Type: Standard CMOS
  Pixel pitch: 2.2 µm
  Sensor format: 2560 x 1920
  Notes: color

Objectives

View this microscope's objectives in the catalogue

• PlanApo Z 0.5x/0.125 AIR
  Zeiss
  Model: PlanApo Z
  Magnification / NA: 0.5x/0.125
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Apochromat
  Working distance: 114 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Notes: System magnification range 3.5x-56x. Field of view range 66-4 mm. ApoTome compatible: No.

• PlanApo Z 1x/0.125 AIR
  Zeiss
  Model: PlanApo Z
  Magnification / NA: 1x/0.125
  Immersion: Air
  Correction: Plan Apochromat
  Working distance: 56 mm
  AFC compatible: No
  Installed: Yes
  Notes: System magnification range 7x-112x. Field of view range 33-2 mm. ApoTome compatible from 40x-112x.

Optical-path elements

• Fluorescence Turret
  Cube
  Element type: Turret
  Pos 1: DAPI (Filter set 49) (49) — emission 445/50 nm — Excitation: G365.
  Pos 2: Alexa 488 (Filter set 38 HE) (38 HE) — emission 525/50 nm — Excitation: BP 470/40.
  Pos 3: Alexa 568 (Filter set 45) (45) — emission 630/75 nm — Excitation: BP 560/40.
  Pos 4: Alexa 647 (Filter set 50) (50) — emission 690/50 nm — Excitation: BP 640/30.

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Latest QC measurements

Laser performance

No recent laser-performance measurements are recorded.

Optical resolution (PSF and alignment)

No recent PSF or chromatic-shift measurements are recorded for these objectives.

Objectives without recent measurements

• PlanApo Z 0.5x/0.125 AIR (0.5x_air)

• PlanApo Z 1x/0.125 AIR (1x_air)

Information still to confirm

Some details in the facility record are incomplete. If any of these matter for your experiment, please check them with AIC Turku staff.

• Details needed for this configuration:

• Software version (software[].version)