Confocal Microscopy

Our confocal microscope has a variety of lasers for precise excitation of fluorophore allowing for fixed and live cell imaging under standard environmental or hypoxic conditions.

Make/model	Leica TCS SP5 Confocal Microscope
Details	The system is equipped with blue diode 405, Argon 488 and HeNe 543 and 633nm lasers. It also has a resonant scanner for fast acquisition (8000 lines per second). The system has a temperature stage for performing imaging between room temperature and 40˚C. Software for performing FRET, FRAP and Emissions scans (spectroscopy).
School	School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Technical specifications
How to book

Objectives: x20 air objective, x40 1.25NA oil objective, x63 1.4NA oil objective, x100 1.4NA oil objective. Lasers include: 405nm, 488nm, 543 nm, 633nm. Environmental stages.

To book this equipment please email Dean Routledge on routledged1@cardiff.ac.uk stating the:

equipment you would like to book
the room number it is in (Room 0.10)
the date and time for which you would like to make the booking
for how long you need to the equipment

For technical queries about this equipment please email Denise Barrow on barrowd@cardiff.ac.uk

Confocal Microscopy

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Professor Arwyn Jones

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