Applied Scientific Instrumentation has recently launched its dual inverted selective plane illumination microscopy.
The microscope has multicolour capability and has been tested successfully on cells cultured on cover slips, cells embedded in collagen gels and nematode and zebrafish embryos.
Product features:
- Generates 3d volumes with isotropic resolution (330) nm in all directions.
- Axial resolution is ~2x better than confocal or spinning disk systems.
- Acquisition rates up to 200 images per second or 2-5 volumes per second (roughly 10 times faster than spinning disk microscopes).
- Achieves a ~7-10 fold reduction in photobleaching.
- Uses conventional mounting and glass cover slips.
