Deeper imaging, deeper understanding, deeper knowledge - demand more from your microscope!
ANDOR is proud to introduce the latest addition to its portfolio of advanced imaging systems - the Dragonfly 400.
This innovative cutting-edge confocal microscope opens up new possibilities in scientific research and delivers the tools needed to explore the unseen world with unprecedented precision.
The Dragonfly 400 combines a high-power laser engine (HLE) and a 3D super-resolution module to provide powerful hardware for applications such as 3D widefield single molecule localization (in DNA-PAINT), as well as increased productivity in spatial transcriptomics and large sample imaging.
Key features of the new Dragonfly 400:
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High Power Laser Engine (HLE): provides sufficient power for 3D SMLM (DNA-PAINT) applications to reveal the ultrastructure of nuclear pores.
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3D Super-Resolution Module: to acquire axial information from a single plane (over ~1 μm) and reveal 3D ultrastructure of synapses
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Dual spinning disk with microlenses: captures dynamic processes with exceptional image quality and speed
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Patented Borealis illumination: provides stable uniform illumination with near-perfect uniformity for optimal imaging
Instrument control and data acquisition is provided by Fusion user software with an API interface (REST) programmable in Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, etc. REST enables protocol sequencing that can be used for multiplex labeling applications. The localization analysis is performed by the Picasso tool, which was developed as an open-source program in the Jungmann lab. Picasso reads and writes data obtained in the IMARIS analysis software (in IMS format) and localization data in HDF5 format. The Imaris analysis software supports HDF5 for 3D visualization of localization and voxelized data.
More information about the new Dragonfly is available on the manufacturer's website.
+ Watch a short video where Dr. Derek Toomre, Professor of Cell Biology at Yale University and Director of Yale's "CINEMA" (Cellular Imaging using New Microscopy Approaches) lab, explains how he achieved exceptional results with the Dragonfly system during his experiments.