Miniaturized Two-photon Microscopy Core Lab

Equipment NameTranscend Miniature Two-Photon Imaging System
Description

Lasers

  • Spark 920 nm fiber laser
  • Fatonics 1030 nm fiber laser

Emission Filters

  • Filter group of Green (520 ± 50 nm)
  • Filter group of Red (625 ± 50 nm)

Headpiece

  • Universal headpiece
    • Weight of 2.501 g
    • 3x objective
    • Water/hydraulic gel
    • Resolution (xyz) of 0.843 μm × 0.843 μm × 6.88 μm
    • Working distance of 1058 μm
    • Imaging speed of 19.42 Hz@256 × 220 pixels
    • Field of view of 497.19 μm × 401.82 μm
    • Z-scanning ETL integrated: ~240 μm
  • Large Field headpiece
    • Weight of 2.408 g
    • 1.6x objective
    • Water/hydraulic gel
    • Miniature 3D varifocal unit (zoom range: ~450 μm, response speed of 40 ms)
    • Resolution (xy) of 1.550 μm × 1.550 μm
    • Working distance of 1031.3 μm
    • Imaging speed of 18.64 Hz@256 × 220 pixels
    • Field of view of 920.72 μm × 763.4 μm

Wide field microscope

  • Camera: Basler acA1920-50gm
  • Resolution: 1920 × 1200 pixels
  • Field of view: 3446 μm × 2154 μm
  • Frame rate: 30 Hz

Behavioral recordings

  • Camera: 2 × Basler acA1600-60gm
  • Frame rate: 25 Hz
  • Resolution: 1600 × 1200 pixels

Optogenetic Module

  • 473 nm laser
  • 635 nm laser

External trigger ports

  • 2 × SMA
Core LocationRoom 209, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building
Standard Price* (per hour)HKD 280
Technical SupportDr. Fei PENG
CU Email: feipeng@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: 3943 5315

Consumable list for reference

Operation procedure for animal experiments

User Manual for Imaging System

*Note:

  • • CAT I – GCNI core faculty members (standard price × 0.25)
  • • CAT II – GCNI associate faculty members or CUHK full-time staff collaborating with GCNI members (standard price x 0.5)
  • • CAT III – Other CUHK member (standard price)
  • • CAT IV – Members from other UGC-funded academic institutions (standard price × 2)