Centre of Biophotonics (CoB)
Some of CoB’s light microscopes are commercial instruments but a significant number of them are innovative techniques developed by groups within the Centre, and therefore, are custom-built setups. Nano-and microfabrication techniques within a clean room environment and ultra-fast techniques including femtosecond spectroscopy, fluorescence up-conversion and transient-absorption spectroscopy are available along with image processing workstations. Explore some of the systems and resources they offer users below, and be sure to check out their website for full details and the most up-to-date information.
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School of Physics and Astronomy,
North Haugh,
St Andrews,
KY16 9SS
- Carlos Penedo
- cob-director@st-andrews.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1334 463106
Microscopes
| Microscope | Upright or inverted | Timelapse | Multiposition | HO Licensed | Class III Pathogen | Other features | ||
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| Nikon N-SIM | Upright & Inverted | ✔ | ||||||
| Leica LMD6500 laser micro-dissection | Upright | ✔ | Epifluorescence | |||||
| Yokogawa CSU-W1 Spinning Disk Confocal | Upright | |||||||
| DeltaVision Widefield | Inverted | ✔ | ||||||
| Zeiss Axioplan 2 Widefield | Upright | Epifluorescence, Phase Contrast | ||||||
| Custom Built FCS | Inverted | ✔ | ||||||
| Custom Built Lightsheet | Multiple Options | |||||||
| Custom Built TIRF | Inverted | |||||||
| Custom Built Widefield/TIRF | Inverted | ✔ | ✔ |
Image Analysis
- Custom software
- MATLAB
- Volocity
Additional Resources
- Access to tissue-culture facilities
- Access to dissecting microscope
- Sample preparation