EVOS FL Auto 2 Widefield Microscope
- Widefield, inverted scope
- Multichannel imaging, Z-stacks, plate screening, image stitching, time-lapse
- Live cell imaging (heated stage and gas control)
- Channels available: 4 channels (plus transmitted) at once out of this selection (make note in your booking)
- DAPI, CFP, YFP, RFP, TxRed, Cy5
- Objectives available: 10X Plan Fluorite (AMEP4623), 20X Plan Apochromat (AMEP4734), 40X Plan Fluorite (AMEP4625), 60X Plan Apochromat (AMEP4694)
- Internal User Price: $20/hour
- External User Price: $40/hour
- Minimum booking time: 1 hour
- Training: EVOS FL Auto Training Video
- Manual: EVOS FL Auto 2 manual 2019
- Additional information: EVOS FL Auto 2 manufacturer website
TECAN M1000 Fluorescent Plate Reader
- Luminescence and fluorescence
- Internal User Price: $20/hour
- External User Price: $40/hour
- Minimum booking time: 5 minutes
- Training: TECAN M1000 Training Video
Leica SP5 Confocal Microscope
- Laser scanning confocal
- Internal User Price: $40/hour
- External User Price: $80/hour
- In-person sessions that require facility assistance: additional $40/hour
- Minimum booking time: 1 hours
Training: Video and in-person supervised session (both needed to make bookings)
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- 1. Watch Leica SP5 Confocal Training Video
- 2. Book a supervised practice by emailing Dr. Ray Truant (truantr@mcmaster.ca) and Morgan Richards (richama2@mcmaster.ca)
- 3. The in-person supervised practice will be with Morgan (during Covid – one to one sessions only, masks are mandatory)
Additional information: Leica SP5 manufacturer website
Nikon SR-SIM Microscope
- Super-resolution structured illumination microscope (SR-SIM)
- Internal User Price: $100/hour
- External User Price: $200/hour
- Minimum booking time: 1 hours
Additional information: Nikon SR-SIM manufacturer website