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The confocal microscope facility

Confocal microscope Leica SP5

Confocal microscope

The confocal microscope at the SBCS is a Leica SP5 and is situated in the Joseph Priestley building on the Mile End campus. It is equipped with a number of lasers amongst which there is a 355 nm UV-laser. Several other laser lines are available for probe excitation between 355 nm and 633 nm. A steplessly tunable detector system can record any wavelength emitted from the sample and up to five channels may be recorded simultaneously. Two different scanners are available, a conventional scanner for high quality imaging and a fast resonant scanner for applications such as calcium imaging in living tissue.

If you are interested in using the confocal microscope you will find all the necessary information about the booking system in the guidelines [PDF 122 KB], our service level agreement [PDF 44 KB] and the user fees for SBCS staff [PDF 40 KB], other QMUL academics [PDF 20 KB] and external users [PDF 36 KB]. Training sessions for first-time users and support for routine imaging using the Leica SP5 are provided by the Department. For further information please contact Michaela Egertova.

Booking calendar

Before booking a session please check the booking calendar for availability of the microscope.