LS850 Microscope

Features and Benefits

• Images, tiled images, Z-stacks, time-lapse series, and videos recorded directly to your computer
• Bright field and phase contrast transmitted illumination
• LED excitation and high performance optics provide near diffraction-limited (theoretical maximum) resolution
• Multi-OS software allows set-up and control across any locations, including microplates, microfluidic chips, slides, dishes, flasks, and deck-top chambers and custom arrays
• High speed stage with single digit micron precision
• Long range motorized Z for autofocus and Z-stacks down to 100 nm
• Compact and robust design enables use inside cell culture hoods, incubators, hypoxic chambers, and gloveboxes
• Detects blue, green and red fluorophores, including common probes such as Hoechst, DAPI, FITC, Fluo-4, GFP, Texas Red & mCherry GFP
• Open source Python control code available
  
• Objective compatibility with standard lenses and available with optional automated 4-objective turret

Like all of microscopes, the LS850 utilizes a Chroma Pinkel filter set optimized for 405 nm, 488 nm, and 590 nm LED light sources. The 7-filter set is comprised of excitation filters, dichroics, and an emission filter. The LS850 use a 12 bit monochrome CMOS sensor.

The new LS800 series microscopes are equipped with a low profile, multimodal illuminator that was developed in collaboration with Cairn Research Ltd (based on Aura/Aura Pro™ phase contrast illuminator, based on work by Dr Kevin Webb, Optics & Photonics Research Group, University of Nottingham: Webb, Kevin F. “Condenser‐free contrast methods for transmitted‐light microscopy.” Journal of microscopy 257.1 (2015): 8-22.