Microscopes in Winship Cancer Institute


Nikon Crest Optics X-Light V2 L-FOV | inverted confocal | WCI


  • Fast and gentle spinning disk confocal
  • Large field of view
  • Seven laser lines [nm]: 365, 440, 488, 514, 561, 640, 730
  • Z-stacks, timelapse, multi-point imaging, tiling
  • Live-cell imaging with stage top incubator
  • Motorized disk bypass mode for widefield imaging
  • Has water immersion objectives (20x/0.95 and 40x/1.15)
Nikon CrestOptics X-Light V2 L-FOV

Leica SP8 | inverted confocal | WCI


  • Point scanning confocal
  • Six laser lines [nm]: 405, 458, 488, 514, 561, 633
  • Z-stacks, timelapse, multi-point imaging, tiling
  • Live-cell imaging with stage top incubator
  • Galvano and 8 kHz resonant scanners for faster and gentler live-cell imaging
  • FRAP, FLIP, FRET, photoactivation, reflection
  • Inverted microscope body
  • Navigator software for tiling
Leica SP8

Keyence BZ-X810 | inverted widefield | Winship Cancer Institute


  • Automated widefield imaging system
  • Four filtercubes: DAPI, FITC, Texas Red, Cy5
  • Fluorescence, bright field, color bright field, phase 
  • motorized stage for tiling and z-stacks
  • Reads slides, dishes, and plates
Keyence BZ-X810

Olympus IX51 | inverted widefield | WCI


  • Five filtercubes: DAPI, FITC, TRITC, Texas Red, Cy5 
  • Fluorescence, bright field, phase
  • Five objectives from 2x to 40x
  • 1.4 megapixel monochrome CCD
  • Inverted
  • Use for quick sample checks
Olympus IX51