June 14 - 25, 2021
NIH Workshop

Join us in-person or online for an Andor Workshop at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Maryland, from June 14-25, 2021 where the Germain lab is graciously hosting the Andor Dragonfly High Speed Confocal System for live demonstrations.

We will be hosting a number of 1, 2 or 3 hour in-person demo sessions*, alongside an open invitation to virtually learn from the experts in our remote Imaris Image Analysis sessions, and hear some great application/technical presentations on Dragonfly, Andor Cameras and more. 

(* in-person demo sessions exclusively for NIH personnel)

NIH Exclusive Hands-on Dragonfly Sessions:

Bring your own samples or use ours and see the Dragonfly confocal system in action during a 1, 2 or 3 hour in-person demo. View the system specifications below to help prepare your sample.

Remote Image Analysis Sessions:

  • Advanced 3D and 4D data visualization and analysis with Imaris software, to analyze your Dragonfly acquired images.

Technical Presentations:

  • Monday June 14 at 10:00-11:00 - Andor Dragonfly: A Game Changer in Confocal Microscopy
  • Tuesday June 15 at 11:00-12:00 - Technical Presentation on Correlative Analytical Microscopy
  • Wednesday June 16 at 10:00-11:00 - EMCCD and sCMOS: Two Complementary Technologies for Confocal Microscopy

View the schedule and reserve your time below!

Location

Bethesda, MD

Businesses

Andor, Imaris

Address

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 4 Rm. 118
Bethesda, MD 20892

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Event Schedule

Description Location Register
1 Hour Dragonfly Demo - Suited for 1 sample to experience all functionalities (NIH Exclusive) In-Person Register Here
2 Hour Dragonfly Demo - Longer session for 2-4 samples (NIH Exclusive) In-Person Register Here
3 Hour Dragonfly Demo - Longest session for cleared or longer time lapse experiments (NIH Exclusive) In-Person Register Here
Imaris Image Analysis Remote Session Online Register Here
Technical Presentation: Andor Dragonfly: A Game Changer in Confocal Microscopy. Online Register Here
Technical Presentation: Technical presentation on correlative analytical microscopy Online Register Here
Technical Presentation: EMCCD & sCMOS: Two Complementary Technologies for Confocal Microscopy. Online Register Here

Dragonfly based on Leica DMi8 with Mosaic 

  • Dragonfly Imaging modalities: Spinning disk confocal, TIRF, SRRF and dSTORM Superresolution, laser widefield and deconvolution for fixed and live cells.
  • Mosaic DMD modalities: photo-activation, photo-conversion, photo-bleaching, optogenetics
  • Cameras: iXon EMCCD, sCMOS Zyla, and sCMOS Sona
  • Lasers: 405 / 488 / 561 / 637
  • Stage top incubator
  • Mosaic DMD with 405 laser and CoolLED pE4000 excitation sources
  • Dragonfly acquires and saves images in the .ims file format, which are easily opened by Imaris 3D/4D Visualization and Analysis Software

Objectives

Immersion Mag/NA Type
Dry 4x/0.13
10x/0.45
20x/0.8
PL FLUOTAR
PL APO
PL APO
Oil 40x/1.3
63x/1.47 TIRF
PL APO
PL APO
Water 25x/0.95
40x/1.1
HCL FLUOTAR
PL APO
Glycerin 40x/1.25
63x/1.3
PL APO
PL APO
Multi-immersion 16x/0.6 HC FLUOTAR