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Advanced Light Microscopy Facility

This facility offers a collection of state-of-the-art light microscopy equipment and image processing tools.

Booking and Equipment

Confocal Microscopes

MicroscopeSupported byFeaturesRoom
Leica SP8 STED 3X
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Marko Lampe
Stefan Terjung
Confocal laser scanning microscope with white-light laser (470-670 nm) and gated detection on two HyD detectors, stimulated emission depletion (STED) 3D super-resolution (592, 660 and 775 nm STED lasers), environment box, motorized xy-stage13-516B
Leica SP8 DLS
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Stefan Terjung
Caroline Simon
Confocal laser scanning microscope with light sheet option (SPIM). available laser wavelengths: 405, 488, 552, 640 nm, motorized xy-stage13-509C
Leica Stellaris 8
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Marko Lampe Manuel GunkelConfocal laser scanning microscope with white light laser tunable from 400 to 790 nm and four HyD S detectors allowing detection up to 850 nm. TauSense options allow to take advantage of average photon arrival times. 13-514D
Nikon A1R HD25
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Manuel Gunkel
Beate Neumann
Confocal laser scanning microscope with galvano and resonant scanner and large field of view scanning also in resonant mode. Water immersion dispenser. Laser unit with 405, 488, 561 and 640 nm lasers.13-515B
Nikon Ti-2 CSU W1 SORA Spinning disk
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Manuel Gunkel
Beate Neumann
Spinning disc confocal microscope with Yokogawa CSU-W1 with 50µm pinholes and SoRa-disc for improved resolution. Two Fusion BT sCMOS cameras for simultaneous two-color acquisitions, lasers: 405, 488, 561, 640 nm, hardware autofocus (ZDC), environment box, motorized xy-stage and z-Piezo13-508F
Olympus FV3000
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Stefan Terjung
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Confocal laser scanning microscope with 4 GaAsP spectral detectors, FRAPFRET,  lasers: 405, 445, 488, 514, 561, 594, 640 nm, environment box, hardware autofocus (ZDC), motorized xy-stage13-514E
Olympus FV3000 + RappOpto UGA-42
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Aliaksandr
Halavatyi

Stefan Terjung
Confocal laser scanning microscope with 4 GaAsP spectral detectors, lasers: 405, 445, 488, 514, 561, 594, 640 nm, stage top incubator, hardware autofocus (ZDC), motorized xy-stage
RappOptoelectronics UGA-42 scanner, pulsed 355nm and 375nm lasers for photomanipulation
Olympus iXplore SPIN SR
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Marko Lampe Stefan TerjungSpinning disc confocal microscope with Yokogawa CSU-W1 with 50µm pinholes and SoRa-disc for improved resolution. Two Flash4 sCMOS cameras for simultaneous two-color acquisitions, lasers: 405, 445, 488, 514, 561, 640 nm, environment box, hardware autofocus (ZDC), motorized xy-stage13-515C
Zeiss LSM 780 NLO
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Manuel Gunkel
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
2-photon (can be used for nano-surgery and photo-uncaging) and confocal laser scanning microscope, FCSFRAPFRET,  GaAsP external detectors, spectral GaAsP detection, lasers: 405, 458, 488, 514, 561, 594, 633 nm, 690-1064 nm(2-photon laser), environment box, hardware autofocus (definite focus), motorized xy-stage13-516D
Zeiss LSM 880 AIRY fast
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Manuel Gunkel
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Confocal laser scanning microscope with AIRY fast module. The AIRY fast module allows faster acquisition even with increased resolution compared to normal confocal scanning.13-514B
Zeiss LSM 980 AIRY fast
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Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Manuel Gunkel
Confocal laser scanning microscope with AiryFast modality enables faster acquisition with regular confocal or improved resolution by scanning up to 8 lines in parallel. The microscope is equipped with several hardware and software modules to configure and run complex fully automated or semi-automated acquisition workflows. Wide field camera and sample finder modules are available to generate fast overviews of the samples with fluorescence, transmission and reflection modalities. 13-516C

High-throughput Microscopes

MicroscopeSupported byFeaturesRoom
Molecular Devices IXM
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Beate Neumann
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Widefield epifluorescence and transmission microscope, sCMOS camera, Environment box, automated pipetting13-508B
Nikon Ti-E Plateloader
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Beate Neumann
Stefan Terjung
Widefield epifluorescence and transmission microscope, hardware autofocus (PFS) and plateloader to autmatically load 96- and 384-well plates13-508B
Olympus ScanR IX83
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Beate Neumann
Manuel Gunkel
Widefield epifluorescence and transmission microscope, hardware autofocus, LED lamp13-508B
Olympus ScanR (cube5)
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Beate Neumann
Stefan Terjung
Widefield epifluorescence and transmission microscope, environment box, hardware autofocus13-508B
Zeiss LSM 900
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Aliaksandr
Halavatyi

Manuel Gunkel
Confocal laser scanning microscope, 3 GaAsP detectors, widefield camera, environment box, adaptive feedback microscopy13-515A

Lightsheet Microscopes (SPIM)

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Leica SP8 DLS
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Stefan Terjung
Confocal laser scanning microscope with light sheet option.  „Inverted“ light sheet microscope with two independent opposing light sheets and one detection objective. The system is equipped with an EMBL incubation box. Available magnifications and Laser lines are the following: 16x; 40x; 405nm; 488nm; 552nm; 638nm. The system is best for imaging thicker samples which can’t be mounted in a FEP tube or capillary and need environmental control.13-509C
Luxendo MuVi SPIM
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Stefan TerjungLight sheet microscope with parallel illumination from two sides and parallel detection from two sides perpendicular to the illumination. Possibility of sample rotation offers the opportunity to improve axial resolution and imaging quality after image. Available magnifications and Laser lines are the following: 33.3x; 22.2x;445nm; 488nm; 515nm; 561nm; 642nm. The system is best for imaging Drosophila, Zebrafish and thicker samples, which do not need CO2 control and can be mounted in a capillary or FEP tube.13-509B
MOLIT Luxendo TruLife SPIM
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Stefan Terjung Martin Jechlinger„Inverted“ light sheet microscope with 2 illumination objectives and 2 cameras for simultaneous dual color acquisition. The system is equipped with temperature- and humidity control and a gas mixer to control COlevels. 13-515E

Super-Resolution Microscopes

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Abbelight Olympus Safe360
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Marko Lampe
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Localization based super-resolution in 3D with ratiometric spectral demixing for precisely registered two-channel SMLM images. 13-509A
Abberior RESOLFT
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Marko Lampe
Aliaksandr
Halavatyi
Combination of RESOLFT (super-resolution with switchable FPs) and STED (775 nm depletion laser) microscope. Motorized xy/stage.13-516A
Leica GSDIM
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Marko Lampe
Stefan Terjung
Localization based super-resolution in 3D by ground state depletion by individual return microscopy (GSDIM, also called dSTORM)13-509D
Leica SP8 STED 3X
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Marko Lampe
Stefan Terjung
3D stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy with gated detection, environment box, motorized xy-stage, lasers: 405 nm, Ar-laser (458, 476, 488, 496, 514 nm), white-light laser (470-670 nm), STED laser (592, 660 + 775 nm)13-516B

Widefield Microscopes

MicroscopeSupported byFeaturesRoom
Nanolive 3D Cell Explorer Fluo
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Beate Neumann
Stefan Terjung
3D Holo-Tomographic Live Cell Imaging Microscope with Fluorescence Module DAPI-FITC-TRITC/Cy5 with stage top incubator13-509B
Nikon Ti-2
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Beate Neumann
Manuel Gunkel
Motorized xy-stage, perfect focus system (PFS) hardware autofocus, LUMENCOR SPECTRA III, Penta filters in filter wheel EM: (432/36, 515/30, 596/30, 682/42, 809/89), Orca Fusion CMOS13-508E
Nikon Ti-E
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Beate Neumann
Stefan Terjung
Motorized xy-stage, perfect focus system (PFS) hardware autofocus, Lumencore spectraX, emission filter wheel, sCMOS PCO edge 4.2 CL13-514A
Zeiss MicroBeam
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Manuel Gunkel Stefan Terjung Laser microdissection microscope system, collection of samples by laser catapulting.13-508D

Workstations

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ALMF VM Gold 01 (EMBL 3D cloud)
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Hardware: Windows-10, 8 CPU, 128 GB RAM, 8 GB vGPU, 100 GB temporary HDD
Software: Imaris common modules, Huygens, FIJI can be run from your network share
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ALMF VM Gold 02 (EMBL 3D cloud)
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Hardware: Windows-10, 8 CPU, 128 GB RAM, 8 GB vGPU, 100 GB temporary HDD
Software: Imaris all modules
, Huygens, FIJI can be run from your network share
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ALMF VM ZEN (EMBL 3D cloud)
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Hardware: Windows-10, 8 CPU, 128 GB RAM, 8 GB vGPU, 100 GB temporary HDD
Software: Zeiss ZEN blue and black (mainly for AIRY data processing), Imaris including Batch+Cell+Vantage+XT , Huygens, Matlab, FIJI can be run from your network share
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ALMF Remote WS1
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Hardware: Windows-10, 16 Cores, Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 (24 GB GDDR6),768 GB RAM, temporary HDD
Software: Huygens Deconvolution and Multiview-Image registration, Imaris
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ALMF VM Silver 01 (EMBL 3D cloud)
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Hardware: Windows-10, 4 CPU, 32 GB RAM, 2 GB vGPU, 100 GB temporary HDD
Software: 
Python, Ilastik, FIJI can be run from your network share
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ALMF VM Silver 02 (EMBL 3D cloud)
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Hardware: Windows-10, 4 CPU, 32 GB RAM, 2 GB vGPU, 100 GB temporary HDD
Software: 
Python, Ilastik, FIJI can be run from your network share
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Additional Equipment

EquipmentSupported byFeaturesRoom
Cell culture hood
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Beate NeumannFor splitting cells and general cell culture work13-505
Cell seeding device
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Beate NeumannAutomated cell seeding – 96 and 384 well plates13-505
Integra 96/384 pipette
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Beate Neumannautomated pipetting device for 96 and 384well plates13-507
Liquidator
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Beate NeumannManual 96 channel pipetting system – for cell staining / media change13-508A
PLATEMASTER (lab)
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Beate NeumannManual 96 channel pipetting system – for siRNA coating only13-507
Speed Vac (MiVac A)
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Beate NeumannVacuum concentrator for 96 and 384 well plates13-507
Speed Vac (MiVac B)
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Beate NeumannVacuum concentrator for 96 and 384 well plates13-507
Tecan plate washer
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Beate NeumannHigh-throughput plate washer13-508A

Special Objectives

CompanyMagnification and NAImmersion type
Leica
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63x 1.2 (for SP5)water
Zeiss
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40x 1.1water
Zeiss
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40x 1.2water
Zeiss
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63x 1.2water

Rooms

RoomLabelPhone number
13-509cherry8608
13-514orange8646
13-515banana8647
13-516plum8649
13-501visitor office8629
13-502ALMF office8467, 8884
13-503ALMF office8853, 8856
13-504ALMF office8308
13-505ALMF cell culture
13-506ALMF office8404
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