Nikon Instruments: N-SIM and N-STORM Superresolution Microscopy

At Neuroscience, Nikon Instruments presented the N-SIM and N-STORM superresolution microscopy systems. Stephen Ross, General Manager, Product and Marketing Department, talked to M&A Editor Dr Julian Heath about Nikon’s superresolution systems. Scroll down to watch the video.

Nikon’s new N-SIM microscopy system can produce two times the resolution of conventional optical microscopes by combining 'Structured Illumination Microscopy' technology licensed from UCSF and based on the world renowned Eclipse Ti  research inverted microscope with Nikon’s legendary CFI Apo TIRF 100x oil objective lens (N.A. 1.49), developed using unique optical technologies and manufacturing techniques. N-SIM also delivers the fastest imaging capability in the industry, with a time resolution of 0.6 sec/frame.

N-STORM is a new super-resolution digital microscope system that combines 'Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy' technology (licensed from Harvard University) and Nikon's Eclipse Ti research inverted microscope. N-STORM super-resolution microscope provides dramatically enhanced resolution that is 10 times or better than that of conventional optical microscopes and will be capable of multi-spectral two-dimensional and three-dimensional nanoscopy, with lateral resolution to approximately 20 nm and axial resolution to approximately 50 nm, extending the role of the optical microscope to near molecular level resolution.

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Stephen Ross, General Manager, Product and Marketing Department, talks to M&A Editor  Dr Julian Heath about Nikon’s superresolution systems.