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Nikon Eclipse E-600 upright microscope
Roger Gaudry Building, Room N-620
Applications
Bright-field
Phase Contrast
Polarized light
Fluorescence
- Color camera
Light sources
Halogen lamp for 30 W transmitted light
Mercury lamp 100 W (350~600nm) for fluorescence
Peak emission (nm) | Power (mW) |
---|---|
334 | 7 |
365 | 45 |
405 | 34 |
436 | 43 |
546 | 37 |
579 | 26 |
HBO Mercury lamp emission spectra (Source)
Comparison HBO Mercury vs XCite Metal Halide Lamps (Source)
OSRAM HBO 100W/2 Mercury lamp manual (pdf)
Objectives
10x/0.3 Air Ph1 WD 16
40x/0.75 Air Ph2 WD 0.75
100x/1.3 Oil Ph3 WD 0.2
Position | Name | Brand | Full name | ID | Magnification | Numerical Aperture | Immersion | Type | Working distance (mm) | Transmittance (% [nm]) | Technique | Cover glass thickness (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10x/0.3 Air | Nikon | 10x/0.3 Air Plan Fluor Ph1 DLL | 10x | 0.3 | Air | Plan Fluor | 16 | >75% [400-800] Max % @500nm | BF, Pol, PhC, Fluo | 0.17 | |
2 | 40x/0.75 Air | Nikon | 40x/0.75 Air Plan Fluor Ph2 DLL | 40x | 0.75 | Air | Plan Fluor | 0.72 | >80% [400-750] Max % @500nm | BF, Pol, PhC, Fluo | 0.17 | |
3 | 100x/1.3 Oil | Nikon | 100x/1.3 Oil Plan Fluor Ph3 DLL | 100x | 1.3 | Oil | Plan Fluor | 0.2 | >75% [400-800] Max % @500nm | BF, Pol, PhC, Fluo | 0.17 | |
4 | Empty | |||||||||||
5 | Empty | |||||||||||
6 | Empty |
Filter cubes
DAPI/Hoechst/AMCA
FITC/EGFP
TRITC/Rhodamine
TexasRed
Position | Name | Brand | ID | Excitation Filter | Dichroic mirror | Emission Filter | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DAPI/Hoechst/AMCA | Chroma | Cube set 31000v2 | 350/50x [325-375] | 400LP | 460/50m [435-485] | |
2 | FITC/EGFP | Chroma | Cube set 41001 | 480/40x | 535/50m [510-560] | ||
3 | TRITC/Rhodamine | Chroma | 545/30x [530-560] | 570LP | 620/60m [590-650] | ||
4 | Texas Red | Chroma | 560/55x | 595LP | 645/75m [607-682] | ||
5 | Empty | ||||||
6 | Empty |
Detector
Color CMOS Nikon DS-Ri2 4908 x 3264 pixels,14-bit, 6 images/s at full frame
- Turn on the computer (#1)
- Turn on the microscope power bar (#2)
If fluorescence is required, turn on the mercury lamp power supply unit (#3A) and press ignition (#3B)
Mercury lamp must be on for at least 30 min before being turned off and vice-versa
If transmitted light is required, turn on the halogen lamp on the right side of the microscope (#4)
Log in Windows using your UdM credentials
- Start-up NIS-Elements
The first time you log in the computer, you need to import the microscope settings into the software. To do this follow the instructions Software setup.
- Save your data
- Close NIS-Elements
- Transfer your data to the D: drive (Data Storage) or to your external drive and delete it from the local C: drive
- Turn off the computer
- If oil objective was used, clean it with lens cleaner and lens paper (not Kimwipes)
- If fluorescence was used, turn off the mercury lamp power supply unit (#3A)
- If transmitted light was used, turn off the halogen lamp on the right side of the microscope (#4)
- Turn off the microscope power bar (#2)
- Wait until the lamps have cooled and cover the microscope
Important Reminders
- Take back your samples including ones in the microscope
- Leave the microscope and the working area clean
- Mercury lamp must be on for at least 30 min before being turned off and vice-versa
- Files can be saved temporarily (during acquisition) on the local C: drive (desktop)
- At the end of each session, copy your data to your external drive and delete it from the local C: drive
- You can store your files on the D: drive (Data Storage). If you do, please create a folder per laboratory using the principal investigator last name. Within, create one folder per user (Firstname_Lastname).
In any case, your files should be removed from the C: drive.
This process is required the first time you are using the instrument. You will usually do it during the training session. It can also be performed if something is not working properly or if you want to reset the software interface.
This process will delete all experiment protocols and restore the original parameters for the microscope.
- If open, close NIS-Elements and wait until it is completely closed (up to 30 seconds)
- On your Desktop open the Softwares folder
- Open NIS Settings Utility
- Click on the Import tab
- Click on Browse
- Navigate to your Desktop
- Select the file Nikon-E600 Settings.bin
- Click Select
- Select all items
- Click Import
- Click OK
- Close the NIS Settings
- You can now reopen NIS-Elements
The following schematics depict the light path for transmitted (bright-field, Phase Contrast, Polarized light) and reflected (fluorescence) lights.
Available manuals
- Adjust focus drive jitter
- Add a holder for polarized light analyzer
- Nikon Preventive Maintenance
- Adjustment and cleaning Stage Nosepiece, condenser, filter turret, focus drive, shutters
- 100x slightly damaged but not the lens
- Fluorescence cubes damaged: FITC TexasRed
- Focus drive has a jitter
- Replacement mercury lamp bulb HBO 1003W/2
- 256 GB SSD added in workstation for OS
- Windows 10 Installation
- BIOS updated to v2.47
- Camera Firmware updated to v2.11
- NIS-Elements Basic Research v4.6 64-bits installed
- Creation NIS Elements Settings
- FITC and TxRed cubes excitation and emission filters slightly damaged. Dichroic OK
Stand
- Nikon Eclipse E600W upright Serial 725540
Light sources
- Transmitted light Halogen 12V 100W Model C-LPSerial 01875599
- Reflected light
- Power supply Nikon Mercury lamp Type C SHG1 Serial D12139
- Bulb housing model LH M100C-1 Serial 039326
Condenser
- Condenser Universal C-CU Serial 081901
- Lens Dry NA 0.9
- Filters: Empty, Ph1, Ph2, Ph3, DICM, DICH, Empty
Objectives
- 10x/0.3 Plan Fluor Ph1 DLL WD 16 Air
- 40x/0.75 Plan Fluor Ph2 DLL WD 0.72 Air with PF40 Wollaston prism
- 100x/1.3 Plan Fluor Ph3 DLL WD 0.2 Oil with PF/PA 100 Oil Wollaston prism
- Empty
- Empty
- Empty
Stage
- Manual Stage
Filters
DAPI/Hoechst/AMCA
FITC/EGFP
TRITC/Rhodamine
TexasRed
Detector
- Color Camera Nikon DS-Ri2 Serial 701234
Workstation
- HP Z440 Workstation
- Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 @ 3.7GHz
- RAM 32 GB DDR4 2133 MHz (4 x 8 GB)
- OS 256 GB SSD 550 MBs
- 2 TB HD Data Storage 150 MBs
- Video Card NVIDIA Quadro K620 2 GB DDR3 dedicated memory
- Monitor HP Z24i display 24' 1920 x 1200
Consumables
- Mercury lamp bulb OSRAM HBO 103W/2 100W
- Tungsten Halogen Lamp OSRAM 64623 HLX 100W 12V
Troubleshooting
This happens when NIS-Elements does not find the camera. It is usually because the camera is not powered on.
- Turn off NIS-Elements
- Turn on the camera (both the microscope power bar and the camera need to be ON
(the camera is usually ON, the switch on the top of the camera) - Check the camera is correctly connected to the computer via a USB cable
- Turn on NIS-Elements
FAQ
No. This is an upright microscope designed to observe specimen mounted between a slide and a 0.17 mm thick coverslip.
Cells courtesy of Benoit Bessette and Monique Vasseur (Biochemistry)
Images courtesy of Dr Shirley Campbell and Emilie Fiola-Masson (Pharmacology)
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