Last Thursday, the 30th of October, the PC of the Leica SPE-II confocal crashed, this is already the second crash of the PC this year (we had the HD replaced just a half a year ago). We are trying to get the system running again in the next few days, but rely on ICT support…

This week (Tue 8/7/2014) the hard disk of the SPEII system crashed. We had to remove it and re-install windows. The data on the extracted disk is very poorly readable and thus data and settings of users are essentially lost. Since all users are highly disciplined in their data backup procedures (?!) we can easily retrieve…

On April 2nd, a Leica service engineer will try and fix the 561 nm laserline that very slowly starts. Also, the galvo x- and y- motors are going to be checked, they make strange sounds when stopping a scan, a recurring defect it seems.

We borrowed a stereoscope from the Biochemistry and Cell Biology department. It is “Little Red Riding Hood” and is very useful to prepare large specimen such as Oocytes, Zebrafish and C.elegans for microscopy. Its a loan and can be taken back to B&C for teaching purposes, so we need to keep it clean and in…

dd October 2013 The A1R/Storm system is running  satisfactory, we keep testing its capacities. NIS software has been updated to the latest 4.2 version with quite some improvements. Also the SPE2 has been serviced and software was updated. Please contact us if you have difficulties. dd June 2013 The NIKON A1R/STORM system is running. A1R…