SPINNING DISC CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS (SDCM)
Spinning disc microscopy has advanced significantly in the past decade and now represents one of the optimum solutions for both routine and high-performance live-cell imaging applications. Spinning disc confocal microscopy technique uses a series of moving pinholes on a disc to scan spots of light. Since a series of pinholes scans an area in parallel, each pinhole is allowed to hover over a specific area for a longer amount of time thereby reducing the excitation energy needed to illuminate a sample when compared to laser scanning microscopes. Decreased excitation energy reduces photo-toxicity and photo-bleaching of a sample often making it the preferred system for imaging live cells or organisms.
List of the Euro-BioImaging Node Candidates that offer spinning disc confocal microscopy for interim operation :
- Belgium - Advanced Light Microscopy Belgian Node
- Bulgaria - Sofia BioImaging Node - Advanced Light Microscopy Node Sofia, Bulgaria
- EMBL -Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, EMBL
- Finland - Finnish ALM Node - Advanced Light Microscopy Finnish Node
- France - France BioImaging Node
- Hungary - Cellular Imaging Hungary
- Italy - Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node
- Netherlands - Facility of excellence in imaging - ALM and Molecular imaging Node Maastricht
- Netherlands - Erasmus MC OIC - Advanced Light Microscopy Rotterdam Node
- Netherlands - The Van Leeuwenhoek Center for Advanced Microscopy (LCAM) - Functional Imaging Flagship Node Amsterdam
- Netherlands - Wageningen Imaging and Spectroscopy Hub (WISH) - ALM and Molecular Imaging Node Wageningen
- Norway - NorMIC Oslo - Advanced Light Microscopy Node Oslo
- Poland - Advanced Light Microscopy Polish Node
- Spain - Barcelona Live and Intravital - Advanced Light Microscopy Node (BLivIN)