THUNDER Imager Cell

Decode 3D biology in real time*

Technical Specifications

THUNDER Imagers can be configured to your application. Get in contact with us.

Imaging modesWidefield (inc. THUNDER)
WorkflowNavigator
StandDMi8
FocusMotorized, closed-loop, AFC (hardware focus for fast focusing and drift correction)
StageQUANTUM high speed stage (real-time controlled with Synapse), motorized scanning stage or fixed stage
Transmitted light contrast & methodBF, DIC, Phase Contrast
External filter wheel (EFW)Optional, up to 8 dyes (24ms switch time)
Filter cubesFrom single to quad
(see www.fpbase.org/spectra/)
Fluorescence illuminationEL6000, pE300 up to pE800 MB or pE800 fura 
IncubationOptional, cage & stage top e.g. Okolab, Tokai Hit
Detection
  • Hammamatsu Fusion
  • Kintetix22
  • (22mm FOV)
Optional or enhanced image clarity & AI-powered analysisTHUNDER (2D/3D) opto-digital technology, THUNDER Live, Aivia
Optional upgrade path for advanced imaging workflows
  • Sample Finder*
  • Enhanced Navigator
  • Adaptive Immersion
  • SmartCORR
  • CICERO Spinning Disk Confocal

*Full Sample Finder functionality requires scanning stage

Core strengths of our THUNDER Imagers

 
Applications
  • Monocell layers
  • 3D cell culture
  • Organoids, spheroids
  • Zebrafish, C.elegans, other model organisms
  • Thick tissue sections, e.g., biopsies or vibratome sections
  • Whole organs e.g., bio-printed or uncleared tissue of model organisms
Carriers
  • Multi-well plates
  • Chamber slides
  • Glass slides
  • Petri dishes
Techniques
  • Live cell imaging (Time lapse)
  • Contrast Methods (PhaCo, DIC, IMC)
  • Spinning Disk (Optical Sectioning)
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