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The exciter filter, dichroic mirror, and barrier filter can be assembled together into a component known as the filter cube. Different filter cubes can be changed during specimen viewing to change the excitation wavelength, and a series of diaphrams can be used to modify the intensity of excitation.

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Similarly, the objective lens in a microscope captures and refracts the light reflected from an object, even a tiny object suspended in a drop of water. The refraction of light through the objective lens creates a focused and magnified image of the object you’re looking at.

The ocular lens provides additional magnification and is adjustable. Users can turn a knob or move the binocular lenses (on microscopes with two eyepieces), mimicking the adjustments the natural lens in our eyes makes to see objects at different distances. This way, users with different levels of eyesight can manipulate the eyepiece to focus the image provided by the objective lens.

This light is reflected toward the sample by a special mirror called a dichroic mirror, which is designed to reflect light only at the excitation wavelength. The reflected light passes through the objective where it is focused onto the fluorescent specimen. The emissions from the specimen are in turn, passed back up through the objective – where magnification of the image occurs –and now through the dichroic mirror.

Finally, make fine focus adjustments and direct the output light to the imaging camera. You will likely need to make adjustments to the exposure time for each different fluorophore or fluorescent dye used. However, it is important to keep the exposure time constant when comparing features with the same dye on different samples.

The difference between the peak of the absorption, or excitation curve and the peak of the emission curve is known as Stoke’s Shift. The greater the distance in this shift, the easier it is to separate the two different wavelengths. Additionally, any overlapping spectrum needs to be removed by the components of the filter cube for reduced background and improved image quality.

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To begin fluorescence imaging, turn on the xenon or mercury light source and allow it to warm up for as long as 15 minutes in order for it to reach constant illumination.

The main components of the fluorescent microscope overlap greatly with the traditional light microscope. However the 2 main differences are the type of light source and the use of the specialized filter elements.

In addition to simply capturing reflected light to render an image, the objective lens of a microscope magnifies the image. Many stationary microscopes have several objective lenses that the user can rotate to view the object at varying levels, or “powers,” of magnification.

An advanced technique known as Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, or FRAP, is performed by intentionally photobleaching a small region of a sample in order to monitor the diffusion rate of fluorescently labeled molecules back into the photobleached region.

Muscles in the eye adjust the shape of the lens to focus correctly depending on what we’re looking at and how far away it is.

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Fluorescence microscopy combines the magnifying properties of the light microscope with fluorescence technology that allows the excitation of- and detection of emissions from- fluorophores – fluorescent chemical compounds. With fluorescence microscopy, scientists can observe the location of specific cell types within tissues or molecules within cells.

When it comes to performing fluorescence microscopy, the fluorophore can be just as important as the microscope itself, and the type of fluorophore being imaged dictates the excitation wavelength used and emission wavelength that’s detected. The excitation wavelengths contain a small range of energies that can be absorbed by the fluorophore and cause it to transition into an excited state. Once excited, a wide range of emissions, or transitions back to the lower energy state, are possible resulting in an emission spectrum.

Many different types of experiments can make use of fluorescent microscopy and involve different types of fluorophores One of the most common applications of fluorescent microscopy is the imaging of proteins that have been labeled with antibodies that are attached to, or “conjugated” to fluorescent compounds.. Here, an antibody towards leptospiral surface proteins was detected using a secondary antibody conjugated to alexafluor-488, which fluoresces green when excited.

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In this video we learned about the concept of fluorescence, how fluorescence microscopy differs from light microscopy, and how to take a fluorescence image through the scope. We also learned about some basic and advanced applications that use fluorescence. Thanks for watching and don’t forget while photobleaching looks great on your teeth it’s not so good for your samples.

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Next, place your sample on the stage and secure it in place. Then, turn on the white light source of your microscope. Focus on your sample using the lowest powered objective by adjusting the coarse and fine focus knobs. Then, use the stage adjustment knobs to find your area of interest.

Another way to highlight a specific feature with fluorescence is to integrate the code for a fluorescent protein such as green fluorescent protein, or GFP, into the DNA of an organism. The gene for GFP was originally isolated from jellyfish and can be expressed, or produced, by cultured cells in response to specific triggers or as part of a specific cell type like the tumor cells shown glowing in this image

Another application of fluorescence imaging is Fluorescence Speckle Microscopy which is a technology that uses fluorescently labeled macromolecular assemblies such as the F-actin network seen here, to study movement and turnover kinetics of this important cytoskeletal protein.

Exposure of the fluorophore to prolonged excitation will cause it to photobleach, which is a weakening or loss of fluorescence. To reduce photobleaching, you can add an anti-fade mounting medium to the slide and seal the edges with nail polish. The slide should also be kept in the dark when not being imaged.

When light shines, nearly everything it shines on will reflect at least some of it back. Kids can understand that our eyes gather that light. The light travels through the clear outer layer of the eye, called the cornea, to the crystalline lens. The cornea and lens work together to focus the light onto the back of the eye, where the retina converts the light to electric signals that travel along the optic nerve to the brain. The brain then interprets the signals as an image.

Fluorescence microscopy is a very powerful analytical tool that combines the magnifying properties of light microscopy with visualization of fluorescence. Fluorescence is a phenomenon that involves absorbance and emission of a small range of light wavelengths by a fluorescent molecule known as a fluorophore. Fluorescence microscopy is accomplished in conjunction with the basic light microscope by the addition of a powerful light source, specialized filters, and a means of fluorescently labeling a sample. This video describes the basic principles behind fluorescence microscopy including the mechanism of fluorescence, the Stoke’s shift, and photobleaching. It also gives examples of the numerous ways to fluorescently label a sample including the use of fluorescently tagged antibodies and proteins, nucleic acid fluorescent dyes with, and the addition of naturally fluorescent proteins to a specimen. The major components of the fluorescence microscope including a xenon or mercury light source, light filters, the dichroic mirror, and use of the shutter to illuminate the sample are all described. Finally, examples of some of the many applications for fluorescence microscopy are shown.

This light is filtered by the barrier filter, which selects for the emission wavelength and filters out contaminating light from the arc lamp or other sources that are reflected off of the microscope components. Finally, the filtered fluorescent emission is sent to a detector where the image can be digitized, or it’s transmitted to the eyepiece for optical viewing.

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The principle behind fluorescence microscopy is simple. As light leaves the arc lamp it is directed through an exciter filter, which selects the excitation wavelength.

To begin fluorescence imaging, turn on the xenon or mercury light source and allow it to warm up for as long as 15 minutes in order for it to reach constant illumination.

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When a child uses a microscope for the first time, they may ask lots of questions, which is a great quality in a scientist! One of the inevitable questions is, “How does it do that?” Here are ways to explain the functions of microscope objective lenses.

Fluorescence microscopy requires a very powerful light source such as a xenon or mercury arch lamp like the one shown here. The light emitted from the mercury arc lamp is 10-100 times brighter than most incandescent lamps and provides light in a wide range of wavelengths, from ultra-violet to the infrared. This high-powered light source is the most dangerous part of the fluorescence microscope setup as looking directly into unfiltered light can seriously damage your retinas and mishandling the bulbs can cause them to explode.

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Fluorescence is a phenomenon that takes place when a substance absorbs light at a given wavelength and emits light at another wavelength. Fluorescence occurs as an electron, which has been excited to a higher, and more unstable energy state, relaxes to its ground state and gives off a photon of light. The light that is responsible for excitation, or moving the electron to a higher energy state, is of shorter wavelength and higher energy than the fluorescence emission, which has a longer wavelength, lower energy, and different color.

The first step is involving kids in understanding scientific research methods. They should understand the instruments that help scientists make discoveries, engineers make micro-machines, technologists understand tiny chips, and artists interpret the world they see and hear through artistic expression.

The first time peering through a microscope is a memorable moment for many budding scientists. As kids grow, their early curiosity can ripen into a more serious interest in science. Teachers and parents can foster kids’ interest in STEAM fields by allowing them to explore the universe of microscopic life that surrounds us all.

The principle behind fluorescence microscopy is simple. As light leaves the arc lamp it is directed through an exciter filter, which selects the excitation wavelength.

Most microscopes used in schools and labs have at least two, and usually more, lenses. Objective lenses are the lenses that directly observe the object the microscope user is examining. In stationary microscopes, the objective lens then focuses reflected light from the object up a tube toward the ocular lens, which is the lens the user looks through.

Now, portable, lightweight microscopes have objective lenses that work together with cameras on mobile phones to provide magnification. Using phones with portable microscopes adds the ability to capture magnified images and send them to databases for analysis or store them in the cloud or locally on the phone for future examination.