Projects

Client:

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University

Laboratory of Molecular genetics of microorganisms

Field: Microbiology

Сhallenge:

Supplying and assembling Abberior’s STEDYCON nanoscope with Olympus IX83 microscope

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied STEDYCON imaging system by Abberior for superresolution microscopy to the Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology (Kazan University). The system was installed in the laboratory of "Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms". 

Experts of Abberior Instruments with our technical specialists conducted training for the laboratory staff on working with the software for STEDYCON system. STEDYCON unit was supplied with an Olympus IX83 microscope and an X-Cite lamp source with a liquid light guide.

Client:

Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS

Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning

Field: Neuroscience

Сhallenge:

Supplying Mightex’s Polygon DMD pattern illuminator for electrophysiology setup

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied Polygon1000 with liquid light guide and LED (470 nm) for integration into electrophysiology microscope setup. The module is compatible with any camera and microscope models (Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Zeiss).

The main directions of scientific work in the laboratory are cellular mechanisms of behavior organization and behavior modifications as a result of learning, cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory. Along with traditional electrophysiological methods, optical methods of recording and confocal microscopy are actively used in the laboratory.

Client:

Institute of Gene Biology Russian Academy of Sciences

Field: 

Molecular and cellular biology

Сhallenge:

Supplying and assembling Abberior's Facility Line system

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied Abberior’s Facility Line system for STED microscopy with EASY3D module, Adaptive optics unit, Adaptive Illumination package, STED and excitation lasers. The system also incldes Okolab microscope incubator.

Calibration, aligning and testing were perfomed with abberior Nanoparticle Set.

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Client:

Institute of Biomedical Chemistry

Field: Nanobiotechnology

Сhallenge:

Supplying MALDI/ESI Injector interface for Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometer

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied Spectroglyph’s MALDI/ESI Injector interface for Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometer at Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology. This interface concurrently enables both elevated pressure (EP) MALDI and ESI capabilities. Supplied system also includes AFM slide holder, DPSS laser Explorer One (Spectra Physics), backing vacuum pump and Velos moving cage.

Client:

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"

Field: Nanobiotechnology

Сhallenge:

Supplying and assembling Thorlabs' platform Bergamo II for multiphoton microscopy

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied Thorlabs’ modular multiphoton microscope Bergamo II with B231 configuration. This microscope includes galvo-galvo scanner, epi-fluorescence module, PMT detection module, Ti:Sapphire Tunable Laser, Quantalux™ sCMOS Camera and Xenon Short-Arc Light Source. The microscope controlled through ThorImage®LS Software.

Client:

National University of Science & Technology MISIS

Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials

Field: Microscopy

Сhallenge:

Convert inverted microscope Nikon Ti2-E into Confocal Imaging System

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied Thorlabs’ Confocal Laser Scanning (CLS) Microscopy Upgrade for microscope Nikon Ti2-E. The upgrade features galvo-resonant scan head, 4 laser heads (405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 642 nm), multialkali photomultiplier tubes. Features of widefield and epifluorescnce imaging are saved.

Confocal upgrade includes ThorImageLS data acquisition software with added ThorSync feature.

Client:

Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS

Cellular Neurobiology of Learning Lab

Field: Microscopy

Сhallenge:

Supplying and assembling Thorlabs' 3-channel confocal microscopy system

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied fully equipped  upright confocal microscope by Thorlabs with galvo-galvo scan heads, 3 laser sources (405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm), Multialkali PMTs. The system is also equipped with Epi-Illuminator Module, CCD camera and LED source X-Cite Xylis. 

The microscope includes a PC with DAQ card and the ThorImageLS data acquisition software with added ThorSync feature.

Client:

National Medical Research Center for Children's Health

Federal state autonomous institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health

Laboratory of Neurobiology and the fundamentals of brain development

Field: Optogenetics

Сhallenge:

Convert the single-channel system for optogenetics based on Mightex’s OASIS Macro to a three-channel configuration.

Solution:

Azimuth Photonics supplied add-ons by Mightex: filter cubes, LEDs, liquid light guides, BioLED light source control modules, cubes for combining LEDs and transmitting radiation to the sample. It enabled work with 4 wavelengths. The reconfigurable system also uses custom filter sets by Chroma Technology.