6 Channel Near Infrared Slides Are Here!
We have partnered with Biotium to develop 6 channel cell and tissue slides using their NucSpot® 750/780, CF® 790 or 800 Secondary antibodies.
These slides have 5 unique fluorophores and are excited in 6 channels, including excitation by 730 nm and 785 nm lasers.
Contact us for order information.
Rigorous, Reliable, Reproducible
Prepared fluorescent slides to quickly set-up, demonstrate and troubleshoot your microscope
Mouse Colon: Maximum projection image of a 100 micron liver slice with nuclei (blue), blood vessels (cyan), enteric neurons (green) and white blood cells (magenta).
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, 10x objective lens
Why OptiSlides?
You can’t sell the top-end technologies of your microscope without slides that highlight them
AND
Relying on client samples can end in disaster
Created by Scientists for Scientists
4 colour slides — we even have spectral!
6 channel slides with targets in the near infrared (NIR)
Tissues up to 400 microns thick
Super resolution targets
Can be used on nearly any light microscope
Brightfield, Widefield, Darkfield, Polarized light, Confocal, Multiphoton and STED Super resolution
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The Slides
Mouse Fibroblast: Image of a 6 channel fibroblast with WGA puncta (cyan), peroxisomes (green), microtubules (grey), stress fibres (magenta) and nuclei (blue).
Confocal image, 60x objective lens
Cells
4 colour standard
6 channel/NIR now available
Sub-resolution target: Peroxisomes are ≈150nm
STED in development
Replaces outdated 3 colour slides
Mouse Brain: Image of a 100 micron brain slice with nuclei (blue), microglia (green), myelin basic protine (magenta) and blood vessels (cyan).
Confocal image, 20x objective lens
Tissues
4 colour standard
6 channel/NIR now available
100, 200 and 400 micron thickness
Colon and Brain are our standard tissue slides.
Other tissues can be custom ordered - contact us for details.
Replaces thin, 3 colour kidney slides
Stone Pine Needle: Stone Pine needles express many proteins that are excited and fluoresce across the spectrum from UV to near infrared.
Confocal image of the vascular bundle, 60x objective lens
Stone Pine Needle
Can be used on nearly every system!
Multicolour autofluorescence from the UV to the low NIR
Yes - it fluoresces in the far red!
Distinct features in each channel
Up to 400 microns thickness
Replaces convallaria slide
Detailed specifications are found on each slide page in the OptiSlides Store
What people are saying about OptiSlides
Quick to find, quick to focus (Stone Pine Needle)
They just work
The far red is gorgeous — and so bright! (Stone Pine Needle)
We use an OptiSlide first, so we know the microscope works, then we look at client samples
You can tell a microscopist made this, it even has a balance label!
The case stands out, making it easy to find in the lab
I asked for a single slide that I could use to teach basic, intermediate and advanced microscopy. They gave me the Stone Pine Needle and it does it all!
