STEDYCON
smart control
Browser based software meets
shoebox design, yeehaw!
The STEDYCON is ease-of-use in a shoebox. And this doesn’t apply just to the hardware – for the software, our STEDYCON smart control, is all about user-friendliness, as well.
The software is browser-based, so there is no need for installation. You may run it from any device, from any platform, from everywhere! It is really plug-and-play: Just connect your device, open the link in your browser, and take off to new spheres of imaging!
On the lowest level, the hardware is controlled by embedded software, which you will never get directly in touch with as a user.
Session start screen of the STEDYCON smart control
Get started with just a few clicks
The perfect STED image is only three clicks away. Even novices to microscopy can produce high-quality STED images after minimal training as the software is so intuitive to handle. Thanks to the integrated dye database, only minimal user input is needed, even with unknown samples.
The clever way of imaging
Adjusting settings the way you need them is done quickly thanks to the tidy and intuitive user interface. Sample overview, acquisition, display settings, and imaging analysis are always within shortest reach. And there is a separate tab for special applications such as z-stack, ROI queue, or time series.
The most important imaging settings are grouped and easily accessible.
Multipositioning: Let our STEDYCON do the work
Discover your whole sample, and then take your time to define your experiment – at which position would you like to acquire a z-stack, or a single image, or a tiled scan? Let the microscope do the imaging for you. Increase your working efficiency, let it run over night, or already prepare your next experiment! It saves time and endless clicks …
Define regions of interest and set up your imaging session with ease.
Multipositioning: What you see is what you get
The integrated STEDYCON gallery makes it easy to work on your images after acquisition, to optimize, sort, and analyze. Export is incredibly easy and yields ready-to-use images with your lookup table of choice, in the data format you prefer, and with scalebar and colorbar if desired.
There is also a stand-alone version of STEDYCON gallery for Windows so that you can edit the images at your desk.
Give time a color with TIMEBOW
With TIMEBOW, you unlock an entirely new dimension of information: fluorescence lifetime. Make the most out of every photon you can get and gain insights into your sample that are invisible to traditional imaging.
Lifetime imaging on the STEDYCON is powered by PicoQuant’s established MultiHarp 150 hardware. Fully integrated into the STEDYCON smart control software, command is seamless and intuitive with no need for external tools or expertise.
TIMEBOW visualizes the temporal dynamics of fluorescence decay in an interactive phasor plot.
Process lifetime information within seconds: fluorophores in the same spectral channel but with different lifetimes are separated, giving you more channels and more flexibility. Exclude background signal or unwanted fluorescence based on lifetime signatures.
You may also use lifetime information to increase resolution by combining it with STED: TIMEBOW STED exploits the spatial information encoded in fluorescence lifetime to push resolution and contrast – for clearer, more detailed images.
Deconvolution and post-processing
Transfer images and metadata from STEDYCON to LiGHTBOX with a single click.
Start TRUESHARP deconvolution in an instant and use further post-processing features according to your needs.
STEDYCON
Just upgrade your existing widefield system to a confocal, STED and lifetime microscope with a resolution down to 30 nm. Enjoy fine imaging at the push of a button!
How did you manage to fit both, a STED and a confocal microscope, in a shoe box?
When designing STEDYCON, abberior aimed for a super compact, super stable and super easy to use STED microscope, without compromising on performance.
A browser based microscope software, seriously?
It’s amazingly simple and the reason why it works right out of the box with Windows, Linux, macOS, Android or iOS.
Dyes & Labels
abberior developes and offers fluorescent dyes and labels that are exceptionally well suited for superresolution microscopy such as STED, MINFLUX, STORM, PALM, GSD, GSDIM, SIM, and RESOLFT.