Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Research Centre (CR-HMR)

Flow cytometry platform

BD FACSAria™ III Cell Sorter

FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting) technique of flow cytometry. Sorter equipped with 4 lasers (405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 633 nm); 16 fluorescence parameters; 4-way sorting, CL2+; 3 nozzle settings (70 µm, 85 µm and 100 µm).

Flow cytometry platform

Cytek Aurora CS Cell Sorter

Sorter equipped with 5 lasers (355 nm, 405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm and 640 nm); 40 fluorescence parameters; 6-way sorting, CL1; 3 nozzle settings (70 µm, 100 µm and 130 µm).

Flow cytometry platform

Sony SH800 Cell Sorter

Sorter equipped with 2 lasers (488 nm, 561 nm); 6 fluorescence parameters; 4-way sorting, CL2; two chips (70 µm and 100 µm).

Flow cytometry platform

BD LSR II FACS Analyzer

Analyzer equipped with 4 lasers (355 nm, 405 nm, 488 nm, 633 nm); 10 fluorescence parameters.

Flow cytometry platform

BD™ FACSCelesta™ Cell Analyzer

Analyzer equipped with 3 lasers (405 nm, 488 nm, 633 nm); 12 fluorescence parameters.

Flow cytometry platform

BD LSRFortessa™ X-20 Systems (2)

Analyzers equipped with 5 lasers (355 nm, 405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 633 nm); 18 fluorescence parameters.

Flow cytometry platform

Cytek Aurora Spectral Flow Cytometer

Analyzer equipped with 5 lasers (355 nm, 405 nm, 488 nm, 561 nm, 640 nm); 40 fluorescence parameters.

Microscopy Platform

Leica Stellaris STED inverted confocal super-resolution imaging system and a Leica DMI8 Inverted Microscope

Tau-STED (stimulated emission depletion) confocal super-resolution microscope; five HyD hybrid spectral detectors; pulsed excitation (80 MHz) tunable from 440 nm up to 790 nm; 405-nm laser diode; 775-nm depletion laser, AFC.

Microscopy Platform

Olympus FV1000 inverted confocal multiphoton laser scanning microscopy (LSM) system with an Olympus IX81 motorized inverted microscope and an Olympus FluoView TM FV1000 confocal microscope

Scan unit with spectral detectors; 405 nm, 458 nm, 488 nm, 515 nm, 543 nm and 635 nm; non‑descanned detection (NDD).

Microscopy Platform

Zeiss LSM 880 confocal laser scanning microscope (upright multiphoton system) with a ZEISS Axio Examiner Z1 Upright Fixed Stage Microscope, Spectra-Physics MaiTai DeepSee Ti: Sapphire Ultrafast Laser

Spectral detectors 405 nm, 458 nm, 488 nm, 515 nm, 543 nm and 635 nm. Non-descanned detection (NDD).

Microscopy Platform

Zeiss laser caption microdissection (LCM) system with a PALM MicroBeam Laser Microdissection, a Zeiss AxioObserver Z1 motorized inverted microscope and a Zeiss ApoTome widefield fluorescence microscope

Zeiss PALM with a 350-nm solid state laser; Zeiss ApoTome for optical sectioning.

Microscopy Platform

Zeiss imaging system comprised of the AxioObserver Z1 motorized inverted microscope, a TempModule S temperature control unit, a CO2 Module S gas sensor, a PeCon S incubator and an ApoTome.2 widefield fluorescence microscope

PeCon S incubation chamber for long-term live‑cell imaging, including optical sectioning; Zeiss ApoTome.2 for optical sectioning.

Microscopy Platform

Zeiss Axio Imager Z2 Upright Microscope with a Zeiss ApoTome.2 Widefield Fluorescence Microscope, Colibri 7 LED light source

Zeiss motorized upright widefield imaging system. High‑precision XY piezo scanning stage (8 plates). ApoTome.2 for optical sectioning.

Microscopy Platform

DeltaVision Elite Imaging System with an Olympus IX71 Inverted Microscope

Inverted microscope with high-speed motorized filter wheels; UltimateFocus focus correction system; incubation chamber for long-term live-cell imaging.

Microscopy Platform

Sartorius Incucyte® SX5 Live-Cell Imaging and Analysis Instrument

Motorized encoded objective turret with cell culture vessel trays that remain stationary during the incubation and imaging processes; supports imaging of up to 6 cell culture vessel trays in parallel; automated image acquisition and subsequent analysis and visualization.