Lattice Lightsheet – October 28, 2024 – The LLS is back up and running. The squealing Y stage motor was swapped out for the repaired X stage motor and is on it’s way to PI for repair. The new computer arrived mid-October. We re-cabled and re-programmed the system, so everything is connected just via new COM ports. 561nm and 647nm lasers are COM 8 and COM 9, respectively. The beam finder camera is plugged into the front of the system,under the open port for external drives. The sample finder camera and the path to flip the white light LED into the path are both down, there are 4 error messages on software startup about those issues. You can skip through them and use the white button on the side of the mirror to flip it in and out manually.  New laser stack and other upgrades should arrive in December, we will email the user group as we schedule those.

Leica SP8 – Thursday 11/14 – Leica installed a loaner DMI8 base and the system is running normally for confocal. Most people can use without issues. STED users (not many of you) the loaner base does not have a chiller or a quarter wave plate, so STED will have to wait until the Z motor arrives from Germany and is installed in our regular base.  We anticipate this will take 2-3 more weeks including the holiday.