Widefield Microscopes – Leuven

Olympus Cell^R
Location | KU Leuven, campus Gasthuisberg, Building O&N4 7th floor, Room 07.102 |
Type | Olympus inverted |
Light Source | 150W Xenon with fast filterwheel |
Properties | Heating stage for live imaging & fluorescence, runs with µManager |
Objectives | CPlanFLN 10X (0,30 dry), UPlanFLN 20X (0,50 dry), UPlanFLN 40X (0,75 dry), UPlanSApo 60X (1,35 oil) & UPlanFLN 100X (1,30 oil) |
Filters | excitation; 403 (DAPI), 492 (FITC), 500 (YFP), 572 (Texas Red) & 576 (TRITC) – emission; DAPI+FITC+Texas Red, DAPI+FITC+TRITC, U-MWIG & U-MDICT |

Zeiss Upright 2
Location | KU Leuven, campus Gasthuisberg, Building O&N4 7th floor, Room 07.107 |
Type | Zeiss upright |
Light Source | Hg-lamp |
Properties | runs with µManager |
Objectives | Plan-NeoFluar 2,5X (0,075 dry), Plan-NeoFluar 5X (0,15 dry), Plan-NeoFluar 20X (0,50 dry), Plan-ApoChromat 40X (1,00 oil), Plan-NeoFluar 63X (1,25 oil) & Plan-ApoChromat 100X (1,40 oil) |
Filters | DAPI, FITC, TRITC & far-red |

Leica DM 2500M
Location | KU Leuven, campus Gasthuisberg, Building O&N4 6th floor, Room 06.147 |
Type | Leica upright |
Light Source | Halogen bulb |
Properties | brightfield |
Objectives | NPlan 2,5X (0,07 dry), HCX PL S-Apo 5X (0,15 dry), HCX PL S-Apo 10X (0,30 dry), HCX PL S-Apo 20X (0,50 dry), HCX PL S-Apo 40X (0,75 dry) & HCX PL Fluotar 63X (1,25 oil) |
Filters | brightfield |

Olympus IX71
Location | KU Leuven, campus Gasthuisberg, Building O&N4 7th floor, Room 07.102 |
Type | Olympus inverted |
Properties | runs with µManager, CMOS camera |
Light Source | Hg-lamp |
Objective lenses | PlanN 2X (0,06 dry), UPlanFLN 4X (0,13 dry), UPlanFLN 10X (0,30 dry), LUCPlanFLN 20X (0,45 dry), LUCPlanFLN 40X (0,60 dry) & UPlanSApo 60X (1,35 oil) |
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General Information
Booking | Booking is available online for KU Leuven members |
Storage | For VIB members, a storage is offered |
Usage Price | free |