Structured Illumination Workshop
The Zeiss Apotome-2 microscope
We are hosted a half-day microscopy workshop entitled 'optical sectioning without lasers', and it included a demonstration of the latest Zeiss ApoTome-2 microscope. The system also incorporated the VivaTome for live cell imaging.
The Zeiss workshop took place on Thursday 8th December 2011, starting at 10.00 am in Seminar Room A with an initial 30 minute talk on the microscope followed by a structured demonstration. You can download the programme flyer here. If you wish to see the images acquired by the system, just ask a Core member.
Programme: Optical Sectioning without Lasers
Start Time: 10.00am Seminar Room A Thursday 8th December 2011
Introduction (5 mins)
ApoTome & VivaTome - how do they work? (20 mins)
ApoTome & VivaTome demonstrations (30 mins)
- coffee break - approx 11.00 am
Choosing the right objective lens and camera (15 mins)
Spinning Disk and TIRF systems (20 mins)
Review of optical sectioning techniques (10 mins)
- break - approx 12.00 pm, buffet lunch including free time for discussion
Followed by Zeiss ApoTome/VivaTome microscope demonstrations in the Core Laboratory 00/069. For more details of the Zeiss ApoTome microscope visit the Zeiss ApoTome-2 webpages.