OMX: A New Platform for Multimodal, Multichannel Wide-Field Imaging

INTRODUCTION

This article discusses the design principles and applications of the OMX microscope, a new platform that provides unprecedented mechanical and thermal stabilities coupled with a photon budget that is dramatically improved over traditional microscope platforms. These characteristics make the OMX microscope outstanding for fast live cell imaging and super-resolution imaging. Moreover, its open flexible architecture makes it particularly amenable to adding other modes of microscopy to the platform.