[OpenSPIM] better 4D-Stages for openSPIM

[Florian Vollrath]

Hi all,
I am really glad for my participation of the EMBO light sheet course 
this year. I learned really a lot. This knowledge now led to the point 
that we want to build our own light sheet microscope in our institute 
(MPI for Brain Research in Frankfurt).
We will begin with a simple openSPIM setup and put in more advanced 
things in the future. The reason why I am writing here is that the 
recommended 4D stage is not as good as we would like it to be. Does 
anybody know of good commercial 4D stages with a range of 1-2 cm or even 
more and a resolution as good as possible (>500nm)? Or would you 
recommend to build one on our own? I would be very thankful for any help.
Kind regards,
Florian

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Florian Vollrath
Imaging facility
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Max-von-Laue-Str. 4
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

florian.vollrath at brain.mpg.de
T: +49 69 850033 – 2531