Spinning Disk Confocal

Leica’s new SD6000 Spinning Disk Confocal module is designed for ultra fast image acquisition with minimum sample exposure and is suited for observing differentiation processes, intracellular transport, cell division, and dynamics of the cytoskeleton over long periods of time. It utilises software that guides users through experiments. Its streamlined user interface reduces the time spent hunting for functions in a menu bar and time spent training new users, which makes this imaging system very easy to use. In addition, the module does not require the use of a laser source. Rather, a ‘white light’ source is used that is very simple and affordable to maintain. The instrument is designed around a fully automated, inverted, research microscope.