TIRF instrument at UCSF
- Definition
- An instrument used to observe single molecule fluorescence at surfaces and interfaces. The technique is commonly employed to investigate the interaction of molecules with surfaces.
- Synonyms
- Total internal reflection fluorescence instrument
- Categories
- Instrument → TIRF instrument
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Mission Bay
Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM)
Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Mission Bay
Contact: Delaine Larsen
415-851-9940
Delaine.Larsen@ucsf.edu
- TIRF/STORM Microscope: Fully motorized Nikon Ti-E microscope with perfect focus, TIRF Illuminator (laser lines: 405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 647 nm), EMCCD camera, Nikon N-STORM software. Capable of video rate TIRF microscopy and super-resolution imaging using PALM/STORM to generate images with resolution down to 20 nm.