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Multi-Axis Controller

Multi-Axis Controller

Prairie's Multi-Axis Mini-Controller works in tandem with Prairie View software to control z-focus, as well as fine and coarse X-Y movements of compatible stages and platforms. Switching between stage and platform control is software-based.

Compatible Devices
Variable Height X-Y Stage
Mini-Controller comes standard with our Slim Stage. Fine and coarse movement with minimum .3 μm increments.
X-Y Platform
Motor‐driven fine and course X-Y translation bases for microscope. Minimum .1 μm increments; 35 mm range of travel.
Z-Motor
Controls the height of the objective; compatible with standard objectives (not compatible with Prairie Z-Piezo). Minimum .01 μm increments; 25 mm range of travel.

DATA SPOTLIGHT

C. elegans embryo expressing B-tubulin GFP
Image courtesy of Koen Verbrugghe and Chris Malone, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

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Time-lapse recordings of tubulin GFP C. elegans embryos during mitosis.
One image was acquired every second with a 100x Super Fluor lens using the SFC.
Image courtesy of Kevin Eliceiri and Koen Verbrugghe, LOCI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

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SFC

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