Live cell imaging experts

The movie shows red blood cells circulating in a 4 day old Fli1:GFP/GATA1:dsRED transgenic zebrafish embryo. Green - endothelial cells, Red - red blood cells. Dataset courtesy of Dr. Tim Chico, MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield.

Our live cell imaging expertise and detailed knowledge of your scientific applications means that we can provide the most advanced live cell imaging solutions specific to your needs. The UltraVIEW VoX is the world’s first fully end-to-end spinning disk confocal microscope, from acquisition to analysis. It has been designed to meet the challenges of your live cell imaging research, including the risk of damage from fluorescence illumination and high power laser excitation.

The UltraVIEW VoX offers the ultimate protection for your cells allowing you to create longer more advanced experiments. Our range of hardware options includes a choice of upright or inverted microscopes providing you maximum flexibility for a wide range of applications.  

Sample protection

UltraVIEW VoX utilizes the CSU-X1 spinning disk head, the latest technology from Yokogawa®. The CSU-X1 provides a high level of  optical efficiency and lowers the required laser power, thereby ensuring even better sample protection.

Fastest acquisition

PerkinElmer’s patented ProSync® synchronization technology, which synchronizes the scanning disk speed, camera acquisition, laser illumination (protecting cells from illumination during camera readout) and z-position so that the highest acquisition rates can be achieved with superb image quality.

A choice of cooled CCD and EMCCD cameras is available, including the Hamamatsu® C9100-50 EMCCD camera.  Developed by Hamamatsu exclusively for PerkinElmer, this camera uses proprietary technology, optimized for live cell imaging. It offers high resolution and high sensitivity, and allows the fastest possible acquisition speeds, so is the optimum choice for your high speed, 3D live cell experiments.

One source acquisition and analysis

UltraVIEW VoX is powered by Volocity software for a complete 3D acquisition and analysis solution all on one system. Volocity features interactive rendering over time, powerful acquisition and has an intuitive easy-to-use interface making it the ideal partner for live cell imaging techniques.

The UltraVIEW VoX is also available with an optional PhotoKinesis™ accessory for FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching) FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) photoswitching (photoconversion) and FLIP (fluorescence loss in photobleaching).