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Nikon SoRa microscope

Nikon CSU-W1 Spinning-Disk Super Resolution by Optical Pixel Reassignment (SoRa)

The Nikon “SoRa” system is our most advanced spinning-disk confocal and merges the advantages of confocal imaging with a 2x increase in resolution using “SoRa mode”, making this both a confocal and super resolution microscope. The SoRa spinning-disk microscope is equipped with an environmental chamber (capable of generating hypoxic conditions) and the high-resolution sCMOS Kinetix camera, making it ideal for super-resolution imaging of live samples (cells, organoids, etc.) with minimal phototoxicity.

Featured Capabilities:

  • Confocal imaging (Yokogawa CSU-W1 Optics)
  • Live cell imaging (humidity, temperature, and CO2 regulation)
  • Super resolution (2x resolution using SoRa mode)