OSCAR Imaging Center

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The OSCAR Imaging Facility

The OSCAR Imaging Facility at Delaware State University is a multi-user core facility that offers state-of-the-art equipment for imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, and image analysis. The imaging facility is open to all university researchers and industrial collaborators on a fee-based service. The Imaging Suite is located in room A124 of the OSCAR building.​

Equipment Scheduling:​

To schedule an appointment on an instrument please use our iLab Calendar.

To create an account on our Scheduling software, click here.

Hour of operation:​ Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. –– 4 p.m

 

Equipment List

 

COnfocal Microscopy

Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope
Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope
Crest Optics V3 Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope​
Crest Optics V3 Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope​
Horiba XPloRa Raman Confocal Microscope​
Horiba XPloRa Raman Confocal Microscope​
Crest Optics DeepSIM​
Crest Optics DeepSIM​

ZEISS LSM 780 CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE​

  • Upright microscope stand​
  • Motorized stage​
  • DIC II, III​
  • Lasers: 405, 458, 488, 514, 561, 633​
  • Z-Stacks, Time Series, Tile scan​
  • Multitrack over 4 color simultaneous imaging​
  • Spectral Imaging​
  • FRET, FRAP​
  • Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)​
  • 10X 0.45 Plan-Apochromat  DIC II​
  • 20X 0.75 Plan-Apochromat DIC II​
  • 40X 1.30 Oil Plan-Neofluar  DIC III​
  • 40X 1.2 Water C-Apochromat DIC III​
  • 63X 1.4 Oil Plan-Apochromat DIC III​
  • 63X 1.2 Water C-Apochromat DIC III

CREST OPTICS V3 SPINNING DISK CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE​

  • Inverted Microscope​
  • DIC​
  • Lasers: 405, 445, 488, 520, 530, 555, 640​
  • Z-Stacks, Time Series, Montage​
  • 2 color Green/ Red simultaneous imaging ​
  • FRAP, Calcium imaging ​
  • 10X 0.30 UPlanSApo​
  • 20X 0.75 UplanSApo​
  • 20X 0.80 Oil UplanSApo​
  • 40X 1.40 Oil UplanXApo​
  • 60X 1.42 Oil UplanXApo

HORIBA XPLORA RAMAN CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE​

  • Upright microscope stand​
  • Motorized stage​
  • Lasers: 785, 638​
  • Z-Stacks Tile scan​
  • Wide Field, Bright Field, Dark Field​
  • Polarized light​
  • DIC​
  • Raman Spectroscopy​
  • Polarized Raman​
  • EMCCD detector

CREST OPTICS DEEPSIM​

  • Inverted Microscope​
  • DIC​
  • Lasers: 405, 470, 555, 640​
  • Z-Stacks, Time Series, Montage ​
  • 10X 0.30 ​
  • 20X 0.75 ​
  • 20X 0.80 Oil ​
  • 40X 1.40 Oil ​
  • 60X 1.42 Oil

Electron Microscopy

FEI Quanta 250 FE Environmental SEM​
FEI Quanta 250 FE Environmental SEM​

FEI QUANTA 250 FE ENVIRONMENTAL SEM​

  • Variable Pressure ​
  • Field Emission ​
  • EDS​
  • EBDS​
  • Peltier Stage ​
  • Heated stage (1000*C)

Atomic Force Microscopy

Bruker Innova AFM​
Bruker Innova AFM​

BRUKER INNOVA AFM​

  • Contact Mode
  • Tapping Mode​
  • STM​
  • Lateral Force Microscopy​
  • Phase Imaging​
  • Magnetic Force and Electric Field Microscopy​
  • Surface Potential​
  • Liquid Cell for Biological Samples​
  • 5 – 90 µm scan area

Light Microscopy

Nikon SMZ18 Stereo Zoom Microscope
Nikon SMZ18 Stereo Zoom microscope
Olympus BX53 Polarizing Microscope
Olympus BX53 Polarizing Microscope​

NIKON SMZ18 STEREO ZOOM MICROSCOPE

  • Nikon DS-QI2 CMOS Camera​
  • Zoom Ratio 18:1​
  • 1X and 2X Plan Apo Objectives​
  • Ring LED illumination​
  • Episcopic illumination​
  • LED Trans illumination​
  • Epi-Fluorescence Light: DAPI, GFP, RFP​
  • Heated stage​
  • Nikon Elements Documentation software​
  • Time series

OLYMPUS BX53 POLARIZING MICROSCOPE​

  • Polarization Contrast
  • Bright field​
  • Time-lapse

Sample Prep

Imaging Gallery

Oscar imaging 1
OSCAR Imaging 2
Oscar imaging 3
Oscar Imaging 4

Publications