Nikon™ Eclipse LV-150 Fluorescence Microscope

Fluorescence microscope

Nikon™ Eclipse LV-150 coupled with a photometrics CoolSNAP HO2 CCD camera for steady-state fluorescence imaging measurements. 10x, 20x, and 50x objectives. Filter cubes for DAPI, UV-2B, BF, FITC, Cy7, and Cy3.5 dyes. Metamorph™ imaging software for analysis. Can also acquire regular dark field  images.

SOP: Download a .pdf file of the Standard Operating Procedure for this instrument

Hourly rate: UC Users: $30  • non-UC Users: $43.50

Location: Pacific Hall room 4019 • UC San Diego Main Campus • 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358 USA

Contact: Ricardo De Luna, Facility Manager
email the Facility Manager to reserve this instrument or a training activity


The UC San Diego MRSEC-MCF is a user and service facility associated with the NSF-funded UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, dedicated to materials characterization, assays, and sample processing.

We ask that any publications or presentations acknowledge use of these MRSEC-supported facilities with the following statement:

“The authors acknowledge the use of facilities and instrumentation supported by NSF through the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UCSD MRSEC), grant # DMR-2011924”