Equipment purchase sugguestions

LED Dome

No response has yet been received from Spectral Coded Illumination, Inc and the inquiry e-form is questionably functional.

DiffuserCam

DiffuserCam consists of a raspberry pi camera and tapes (can be obtained from stores as Target) where the quote for the camera Isi the following:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-Raspberry-Pi-PiNoir-Camera-Module-V2-1-8MP-Raspberry-Pi-Zero-Zero-W/232707958580?hash=item362e79a734%3Ag%3A59EAAOSwXRxatTYS&LH_ItemCondition=3

Fluorescence Microscope

For Florescence Microscopes, they have different functions available and below is a table from a buyers’ guide :

Company Instrument Confocal Confocal laser-scanning Cell-imaging system
BioTek Instruments Lionheart FX Automated Live Cell Imager No No Yes
Bio-Rad ZOE Fluorescent Cell Imager No No Yes
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Axio Observer Research Inverted Microscope No No No
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Cell Observer SD Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope Yes No No
Carl Zeiss Microscopy Lightsheet Z.1 No No No
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LSM 880 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Yes Yes No
Etaluma Lumascope 720 Automated Fluorescence Microscope No No Yes
GE Healthcare Life Sciences DeltaVision Elite No No Yes
KEYENCE Corporation BZ-X700 All-in-one Fluorescence Microscope No No Yes
KEYENCE Corporation VK-X250 3D Laser Scanning Microscope Yes Yes No
Leica Microsystems DM IL LED Tissue Culture Microscope No No No
Leica Microsystems MZ10 F No No No
Leica Microsystems TCS series Yes Yes No
Leica Microsystems Personal Confocal Imaging System Yes Yes No
Logos Biosystems iRiS Digital Cell Imaging System No No Yes
Molecular Devices ImageXpress Micro XLS Widefield High Content Screening System No No Yes
Molecular Devices ImageXpress Ultra High-Throughput Imaging System Yes Yes Yes
Neutec Group Inc. Multispectral Imaging / VideometerLab Benchtop Lab Analyzer No No Yes
Nikon Instruments, Inc. A1 Series Confocal Microscopes Yes Yes No
Nikon Instruments, Inc. BioStation IM-Q Time-Lapse Imaging System No No Yes
Nikon Instruments, Inc. C2+ Confocal Microscope Yes Yes No
Nikon Instruments, Inc. Eclipse Series No No No
Olympus BX Series No No No
Olympus IX Series No No No
Olympus Spinning Disk Confocal Yes No No
Olympus VivaView FL Incubator Fluorescence Microscope No No Yes
Photometrics DC2 Two-Channel Imaging System No No No
Photometrics DV2 Two-Channel Simultaneous-Imaging System No No No
Photometrics QV2 Multi-Channel Imaging System No No No
Thermo Fisher Scientific ArrayScan Series Yes No Yes
Thermo Fisher Scientific EVOS FL Auto Cell Imaging System No No Yes
Thermo Fisher Scientific EVOS FL Cell Imaging System No No Yes

From the table, several types that have multiple functions are looked up and the prices are below:

  • Leica TCS SP8 Series Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
    Link: https://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/confocal-microscopes/p/leica-tcs-sp8-dls/
  • Nikon C2+ Confocal Microscope
    Link: https://www.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/products/confocal-microscopes/c2
  • Nikon A1 HD25/A1R HD25 Confocal Microscope
    Link: https://www.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/products/confocal-microscopes/a1hd25-a1rhd25
  • ZEISS LSM 980 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
    Link: https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/int/products/confocal-microscopes.html
  • Keyence VK-X250 3D Laser Scanning MicroscopeLink: https://www.keyence.com/landing/microscope/lp_vk250_micro.jsp

All prices for the microscopes are under inquiry and if the prices exceeds our expectation, we will look on Ebay for alternative.

Thorlabs movable stage in x,y,z

Thorlabs movable stage in x,y,z can be obtained by the following link: https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=998
https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=2163
From Thorlabs, the pricing is listed below, no quote is needed since it’s for sale:
for 12 mm travel range: $2,703.75
for 25 mm travel range: $2,653.82

Spatial light modulators

  • Hamamatsu X13267
    Link: https://www.hamamatsu.com/us/en/product/type/X10468-01/index.html
    Price: $15,300 for aluminum mirrors $16,600 for dielectric mirror types
    $16,600 for aluminum mirrors  $17900 for dielectric mirror types
  • Thorlabs Spatial Light Modulators
    Link: https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=10378
    Price: $17,728.88
  • Santec SLM-300
    Link: https://www.santec.com/en/products/components/slm/slm-300
    Price: range from $15,000 to $28,000
  • Jenoptik Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator
    Link: https://www.jenoptik.com/products/optoelectronic-systems/light-modulation/liquid-crystal-light-modulators/modulation-ultrashort-laser-pulses-slm-s
  • Standard speed 1920 x 1152 Analog SLM with a wavelength of 532nm. Price: $15,150 (but unfortunately lead time is 8-12 weeks)
Brand/Type Price Link for the papers using the type
Hamamatsu-13267

 

$15,300 https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08867

https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/5/4/46

https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/abstract.cfm?uri=optica-5-6-756

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2016/sm/c6sm01163b

Thorlab EXULUS-HD1 $17,728 https://www.osapublishing.org/copp/abstract.cfm?uri=copp-1-6-631

https://www.osapublishing.org/DirectPDFAccess/CDF411A8-EF5A-56C1-C9535E3BBBF469BA_380564/copp-1-6-631.pdf?da=1&id=380564&seq=0&mobile=no

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180272613A1/en

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/icap2018/papers/moplg01.pdf

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3073624

Santec SLM-200

 

$15,000 to $28,000 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/11/2323

https://patents.google.com/patent/US7145710B2/en

https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/
10935/109350F/SLM-phase-mask-optimization-for-fiber-OAM-mode-excitation/10.1117/12.2507424.short?SSO=1

Jenoptik SLM No response  yet https://www.jenoptik.com/products/optoelectronic-systems/light-modulation/liquid-crystal-light-modulators/modulation-ultrashort-laser-pulses-slm-s

(click into the list of publications in  the link)

Meadowlark SLM $15,000 https://www.photonics.com/a62483/3D_Mapping_of_
Neural_Circuits_In_Vivo_Opens_the

Controllable  Fridge

  • General purpose Thermofisher adjustable temperature fridge
    Price: $1770.31
    Exterior Dimensions (L x W x H)
    23.5 x 23.63 x 33.5 in. (60 x 60 x 85.1 cm)

Reference

Buyers’ link for Florescence Microscope: https://www.biocompare.com/333817-2017-Fluorescence-Microscopy-Buyers-Guide/