Instruments

We use an ImageXpress® Micro 4 high-content imaging system for high-throughput assays with a range of different algal species and genotypes, as well as other microbes (ciliates, viruses, bacteria). The ImageXpress® Micro 4 is equipped with brightfield, phase contrast and multiple fluorescence filters and can be used in combination with automated well plate handling, which allows plates to be incubated in the light for several days (for algal growth). If you are interested in this instrument, please contact us for more information or to book the instrument.

The ImageStream®X Mark II System is a multispectral, imaging flow cytometer that combines the visual power of microscopy with the speed, sensitivity, and phenotyping abilities of flow cytometry by digitally imaging cells directly in flow. The instrument is equipped with two CCD cameras, a brightfield lamp and three lasers - blue (488nm), violet (405nm) and red (642nm) - enabling 12 high-resolution images (brightfield, darkfield and up to 10 fluorescence parameters) of each cell at 20x, 40x or 60x magnification and rates up to 5,000 cells per second. With these features the image stream enables a broad range of quantitative, statistically robust cellular analysis is ideal to investigate cell states, cell signaling, nuclear and co-localisation, internalisation, shape change and much more. If you are interested in this instrument, please contact us for more information or to book the instrument (see also Flow Cytometry Centre).