The contract concerns the purchase of a Super-resolution confocal microscope.

University of Tampere will acquire super-resolution imaging system based on Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM). In addition to fixed samples, the system will be capable of imaging live-cell/tissue samples in physiological conditions (super-resolution imaging is here defined as a technology where image resolution beyond Abbes-diffraction limit, defined by the optical configuration of the system, is achieved (excluding deconvolution and other purely computational methods)).

The SIM system is combined with laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM).

Also the installation and maintenance service of the imaging system are included in this procurement.