BZ-X710
The BZ-X series offer all-in-one fluorescence microscopy. No darkrooms required. Streamline imaging and analysis with a single platform.
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Easy to use microscope with seamless image stitching
Microscopy and anatomical analysis
It is a good microscope that allows for taking quick images and software for creating stitches of entire slides. It does a really good job of stitching images, which makes for quick and easy cataloging of slides.
Review Date: 23 Jul 2018 | KEYENCE
Keyence BZX-710 is superb for high-throughput neuroscience research!
High-throughput static and live-cell imaging
This microscope with a very small footprint (no bigger than two PC towers) allows for high-throughput, fully automated cell imaging for both post-fixed and live cells. In the case of live cells, we indeed could capture images of cultures over a week, with the cells brought back to the incubator in between, as the software is very accurate in recalling the exact coordinates. IN addition, we use an onboard live-cell module if we want to keep the cells on the stage throughout the experiment. This approach was possible for rodent neuroglial cultures that were 2 to 3 weeks old, and enabled us to follow neurite outgrowth as well as cellular responses to toxins. For tissue samples from human and rodent tissue, images could be captured from 4X up to 60x. One of the best features is its ability to stitch these images to provide a complete representation of the slice, using pattern recognition. It is high resolution and very high quality. Another real nice feature is cell counting. You can actually train the software to recognize certain cells, such as neurons, and exclude astrocytes. We can now count 5000 cells per condition, which increased the accuracy and robustness of our experiments significantly. There is no hand counting anymore! As an example, triple-stained neuroglial cultures in a 24-well plate can be captured in 20 hours with 10X, 25 fields per well. That is 2400 images. It takes another half hour to stitch the images and count. The hands-on time is 40 minutes for 24 different samples.
Review Date: 23 Jul 2018 | KEYENCE
The BZ-X series offer all-in-one fluorescence microscopy. No darkrooms required. Streamline imaging and analysis with a single platform.
