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66 -- CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH!! SOL 273-99-P-0008 POC Contact Mary W. McConnell, Contract Specialist (919)541-3813 The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Carl Zeiss, Inc., company to acquire an LSM 510 Confocal Microscope UV/VIS with features which include: excitation wavelengths of 351, 364, 543, 458, 488, and 633; multidirectional scanning of individual wavelengths; 2KX2K 12 bit image size and image depth of 2K X 2K X 4 channels fully supported by all software commonly used for data analysis; display of up to 8 channels simultaneously; high speed AOTF, including UV with Digital Scan Control; ability to excite and measure fluorescence from any shape ROI such as that of a cell; extremely high quality Optical Design with optical correction for individual objective lens aberrations; Argon Krypton Laser 488/568nm, 50mW (exclusive low noise version); on-line ratioing; field size up to 18mm; fully motorized and integrated microscope control, ICS optics, special C-APO objectives; optical noise subtraction (on-line ratioing) via feedback sensor; and user accessible filter slot for PMT 1 and 2. It is to be installed in purchaser's laboratory at the NHGRI in Bethesda, Maryland. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note 22.***** Posted 04/06/99 (W-SN316805). (0096)

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