Microscopes

Our imaging systems are the Ultramicroscope Blaze and the Ultramicroscope II

Ultramicroscope Blaze

The UltraMicroscope Blaze (Miltenyi Biotech) is a light sheet microscope designed for high-throughput 3D imaging of large/multiple samples. 

The system has 5 lasers and 3 objectives (1.1X, 4X and 12X with added magnification) providing a total magnification from 0.6 - 30X and a working distance from 10 - 17mm.

A standard sample chamber accommodates multiple rodent organs/organoids, while the XXL upgrade expands the capacity for human kidneys or a whole adult mouse. 

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Blaze microscope

Ultramicroscope II

The Ultramicroscope II (Miltenyi Biotech) is a light-sheet microscope with a single-objective capable of 1.2x up to 12.6x magnification (Zoom body configuration) and a working distance of 6mm.

The system can image samples such as a mouse or a rat brain (FOV lateral: 1.7–17.6 mm), and it is compatible with water-based and solvent-based optical clearing.

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Ultramicroscope II image

Workstations

We have two high-spec workstations with ARIVIS 4D, QUINT and FIJI for image analysis.

Please email us for details of our cost-recovery structure and quotations:

cristina.martinez-gonzalez@ed.ac.uk

kirsty.craigie@ed.ac.uk

 

 

Blue brain