Versatile High-End Microscopy

Pushing the Boundaries of Fluorescence Imaging

Feb. 17, 2010

Olympus xcellence overview more

Olympus introduced a versatile, range of research microscope systems. The Olympus xcellence line covers advanced live cell techniques such as real-time high-speed imaging, TIRFM & HILO (cell^TIRF), photo control such as FRAP, FLIP & photo activation (cell^FRAP), and laser spinning disc confocal (cell^SPIN).
The Olympus xcellence live cell imaging system has a Unix-based controller providing the high-speed parallel component management required to ensure that each procedure can capture the most advanced data. Further, the software includes the Experiment Manager, a universal planning and execution tool with logic and simple drag-and-drop experiment construction. This new system provides imaging live cells over prolonged periods of time with the Olympus MT20 fluorescence lightsource providing stabilized mercury or mercury-xenon burner control with very fast filter, attenuator and shutter changes.
Cell^TIRF, features 4 laser lines with separate motorized angle control enabling synchronized acquisition with identical penetration depth. This, provides a new level of precision in multi-colour TIRFM. The cell^FRAP module can incorporate two separate laser lines or a laser combiner and is introduced into the microscope via a separate light-path to the camera and fluorescence illumination. The cell^SPIN has been developed as a bright laser spinning disk confocal system with the highest emission efficiency on the market.

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