Who has an OpenSPIM?

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= Aachen, Germany =
 * Life Sciences Engineering Business Unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT.
 * Our OpenSPIM design has a temperature controlled sample chamber for long-term experiments and uses a timing belt for precise sample rotation.

= Dresden, Germany =


 * Tomancak group at the Max-Planck Institute of molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

= Madison, WI, USA =


 * The Laboratory of Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI) run by Kevin Eliceiri at the University Wisconsin-Madison. It uses a Coherent Cube laser and a Hamamatsu Orca R^2 camera, being controlled by a 32-bit Windows XP computer.


 * The OpenSPIM software was developed in this lab by Johannes Schindelin and Luke Stuyvenberg, and tested and refined with the help of Julie Last and Jayne Squirrel (see the People page for details), using that setup. The source code is hosted on GitHub.

= Heidelberg, Germany =
 * Maizel and Lemke groups at the Center for Organismal Studies of the Heidelberg University.
 * This setup slightly differs from the specifications of OpenSPIM v1.0. In particular we use a Cobolt laser, Nikon lenses and an Orca4, the whole running under Windows7 Pro.
 * More details and pictures about the COS Heidelberg OpenSPIM.

= Cambridge, UK =
 * The Goldstein group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
 * We used a periscope to divert existing green and blue laser lines, and included a Thorlabs shutter in the beam path. We also use a Photometrics Coolsnap Myo.
 * More pictures to come!

= Melbourne, Australia =
 * The Petrou group at the Florey Institute the Centre for Neural Engineering and the Centre for Integrated Brain Function at the University of Melbourne.
 * We are deploying OpenSPIM for CLARITY and Scaleview based imaging of brain tissue for studying neural morphology. We use Dragon Lasers and an Andor Neo sCMOS camera.
 * More pictures to come!

= Berlin, Germany =
 * The Scholtz group at the Humboldt University Berlin.
 * I am interested in morphogenetic processes during early development of arthropods like the water flea Daphnia magna, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber or the beachhopper Parhyale hawaiensis. Using the SPIM technique for live imaging experiments enables us to observe dynamic and complex processes like gastrulation and beginning morphogenesis.
 * We implemented a Coherent Obis 561 nm laser and a Hamamatsu OrcaFlash4 sCMOS camera into the OpenSPIM system. The system runs at the moment with just one-side illumination. However, the sample chamber is already made for dual-side illumination (2x 10x illumination and 16x detection). Additionally we integrated a Nikon-module that allows us to increases our range of magnification (1x, 1,25x, 1,5x, 2x).
 * More pictures to come!



= Exeter, UK =
 * The College of Life and Environmental Sciences in association with the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
 * We have constructed the system with a Melles Griot 488nm Argon laser and a Zyla 5.5 sCMOS camera running on 64-bit Windows 7 to image transgenic zebrafish.
 * The system currently has magnification options of 0.5x and 1x and 1-photon illumination with plans to upgrade to 2-photon in the future.
 * More pictures to come!

= Oulu, Finland =
 * The Light Microscopy Core Facility, at the Biocenter Oulu and the University of Oulu.
 * Modified T-SPIM: dual side illumination with Vortran Stradus 488nm and 561nm lasers, ScopeLed G180 for bright field/transmitted light imaging, Olympus UMPLFLN 20X/0.5 W and Olympus LUMPLFLN 40X/0.8 W detection objectives, Hamamatsu ORCA-Flash 4.0 V2 camera.
 * Temperature, CO2 and O2 controlled liquid exchange/perfusion system for live cell imaging.
 * OpenSPIM has been used for live cell imaging: different cell types and spheroids in different 3D culture matrices, e.g. in Matrigel, collagen, myogel and fibrin mounted inside FEP tubes, and also for imaging living mouse skin cancer biopsies. It has also been used for whole mount stained and/or transgenic (expressing tdTomato, GFP, mCherry…) fixed samples, typically mouse embryonic kidneys, pieces of adult mouse tissues like heart, liver, fat, lung etc.

= Indianapolis, IN, USA =
 * The Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy at Indiana University School of Medicine.
 * We extended the base L-SPIM design for use in a core facility by including additional excitation wavelengths and support for live imaging. We are imaging with an ORCA Flash 4.0 v2 using CameraLink.
 * To support more fluorophores we incorporated five laser lines (442, 488, 514, 568 and 647 nm) with AOTF modulation controlled via an Arduino based 6 channel DAC.  Emission wavelength filtering is with a workhorse Sutter Lambda 10-2.  Multichannel acquisition is fully controlled (AOTF, filter wheels, etc) by a custom version of the SPIM Acquisition Plugin and derivations of the Arduino device adapter for MicroManager.  To assess laser power, a motorized mirror and ThorLabs detector have been incorporated prior to beam shaping.
 * To support live imaging we have incorporated a perfusion and temperature control system into the standard L-SPIM chamber(no drilling etc.) built with off-the-shelf components (shout-out to Adafruit and Sparkfun). It is Arduino based and relies on a bunch of pumps and thermistors.  MicroManager integration and a CO2 loop is in the works (anyone with experience implementing amphenol CO2 sensors?).
 * Our OpenSPIM is fully contained to simplify laser safety. To facilitate alignment and sample positioning a secondary camera driven by a RaspberryPi provides a live image of the chamber with oblique RGB LED illumination from an Arduino and PWM via the 16 channel TLC5940.
 * To aid in sample positioning a knob bar is under development with four free-turning knobs-one for each axis with position feed-back.
 * IU OpenSPIM has been used for imaging of Zebrafish (live heart-beat and fixed and cleared tissue), organoids, and tissue samples including rat kidneys-most in FEP tubing. It has also been a testbed for new technologies and methodologies.


 * Links to schematics, Arduino firmware, PCB designs, MicroManager device adapters coming soon!