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Biostation IM-Q

The Nikon BioStation IM-Q is a compact cell incubator and monitoring system that allows users with minimal microscopy experience to conduct live cell imaging without a steep learning curve. The BioStation IM-Q time-lapse imaging system facilitates a

Biostation IM-Q

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Contact 1 Mārtiņš Kālis
Contact 2 Linda Gabrusenoka
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Organisational Unit Rīga Stradiņš University
    Institute of Microbiology and Virology - Latvia, Rīga

Description

The Nikon BioStation IM-Q is a compact cell incubator and monitoring system that allows users with minimal microscopy experience to conduct live cell imaging without a steep learning curve. The BioStation IM-Q time-lapse imaging system facilitates a broad array of short-term and long-term time-lapse experiments, including studies of cell growth, morphology, and protein expression, by providing consistent environmental control of temperature, humidity, and gas concentration in combination with phase and fluorescence imaging of exceptional quality. It incorporates a microscope, an incubator, and a high-sensitivity cooled CCD camera. This all-in-one package provides a stable environment for live cells and advanced solutions for simple long-term time-lapse data acquisition. Perfusion capabilities further expand experimental possibilities.

Specification

  • Temperature control: 37 ℃ ± 0.1 ℃
  • Humidity control: 95 % or higher
  • Water supply for humidification: Built-in bottle (270 ml)
  • CO2 supply: Concentration and flow volume set by external mixer
  • Observation vessel: Φ35 mm glass bottom dish, Hi-Q4 Φ35 mm culture dish, Nunc™ Lab-Tek™ chambered coverglass (Cat. No. 155383, for the motorized chamber), Glass slide
  • Diascopic phase contrast observation: Phase ring DL; Illumination: red LED
  • Epi-fluorescence observation Illumination: external mercury illuminator Intensilight via fiber cable, Filter cube: up to two can be mounted, Field diaphragm: rectangular diaphragm switch interacting with the objective changeover, Built-in noise terminator
  • Objective lens magnification: 40x (20x, 40x, 80x by switching tube lens), NA 0.8
  • Camera: High-sensitivity 1.3-megapixel cooled monochrome camera, Recording pixels: 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 (binning)
  • Data format: ICS-IDS, JPEG, BMP, Tiff, PNG (still), AVI (movie)
  • Imaging area: XY: 6 x 6 mm (by objective lens movement), Z: 1.25 mm
  • Time-lapse: Up to 99 XYZ-positions can be set. AVI image file output at desired Z-axis and 10-fps imaging at time intervals are possible
  • Image stitching: Allows composition of large-area images of 6 mm x 6 mm
  • Analysis functions: Tone curve adjustment, saturation indicator, light intensity screening, light intensity record display, ratio display, image blur adjustment, etc
  • Temperature record: Graph display
  • Power consumption: 1160 VA (IM-Q: 300 VA, illuminator Intensilight: 130 VA, PC: 475 VA, display: 55 VA, gas mixer: 200 VA)
  • Dimensions: 220 (W) x 620 (D) x 400 (H) mm (excluding protrusions)

Services

Short-term and long-term time-lapse experiments using bright field or fluorescent microscopy for studies of:

  • Cell proliferation
  • Cell migration
  • Cell morphology
  • Protein expression

Upgrades

Upon agreement

Future Upgrades

Funding Source

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Manufacturer

Nikon

Model

Biostation IM-Q (model Cell-S2)

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