Optical Biosystems’ Synthetic Aperture Optics (SAO) technology offers the speed and the large field of view from a 20x air lens while providing the resolution of a 100X/1.3NA oil immersion lens after reconstruction.

Key features include:
Camera:
• Andor sCMOS Zyla 4.2 Plus
Filter Sets:
• Standard filter set - DAPI
• SAO filters: - FITC/Cy3N/Cy3/TexasRed/Cy5/Cy7
• Brightfield imaging capabilities
Objectives:
• Nikon CFI S Plan Fluor ELWD/20X 0.45NA/ with correction collar
Illumination:
• Laser Quantum DPSS Lasers: 473nm(0.5W)/532nm(2W)/660nm(1W)
• 365nm LED
• Brightfield imaging capabilities with White-light LED
Accepts standard microscope slides, multiwell coverglass chambers, 35mm cell culture dishes and multiwell plates (up to 384 well format)
Core Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m
Office phone: (713) 798-4679
Core Location
Cullen Building:
122A Light Microscopy
125A Electron Microscopy
117A, 119A, 121A (offices)