LA3691C - University of Galway - Supply, Delivery and Installation of an Automated Inverted Benchtop Fluorescent Imaging System

Description

The purpose of this tender is to acquire an Automated inverted benchtop fluorescent microscope imaging system to support scientific research involving a broad spectrum of sample types and sizes. Target specimens include microscopic organisms measuring approximately 100–150 µm up to 1 mm in length, three-dimensional spheroids between 200–500 µm, single-cell monolayers with cell dimensions of 5–20 µm and fixed tissue sections up to 1 cm². This diversity of sample formats requires an imaging platform capable of providing both low and high-magnification imaging (2× to 60×) with a minimum of a 5-position turret for the magnification objectives. Moreover, the system must support both bright field and multi-channel fluorescence imaging. In particular, it should provide detection of a minimum of four independent fluorescence channels. The ability to perform real time imaging of live cells is also essential to facilitate time-lapse experiments.