Upgrade to an existing widefield microscope

Published

8 May 2026

Place of performance

Turku, FI1C1

Procedure

neg-wo-call

Lots

1

Notice number

00318596-2026

Reference

79201d2c-97cd-4295-80af-d24258c7a548

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 38518100Microscopios de campo amplio
• 38000000Equipo de laboratorio, óptico y de precisión (excepto gafas)

Description

The University of Turku / Turku Bioscience Centre intends to procure an upgrade to an existing widefield microscope. The purchase is funded by Research Council of Finland, FIRI-grant 26081267. The existing Nikon Ti2-based microscope system was originally purchased following an EU-wide tendering process: HILMA 2016-0016596, TED 2016/S 120-212960. The current procurement concerns a technical upgrade to this existing microscope platform, not the purchase of a new standalone system. The intended Nikon iLas2 upgrade will provide the additional functionalities required to expand the existing microscope into a system capable of advanced TIRF imaging, FRAP, and photomanipulation. These capabilities are essential for the planned smart microscopy workflows at the Turku Bioscience Centre Microscopy Facility. The key technical requirement is that the upgrade must be seamlessly integrated into the existing Nikon Eclipse Ti2 microscope and controlled through Nikon NIS-Elements software. This integration is essential because the microscope is used for automated and adaptive imaging workflows based on NIS-Elements JOBS. The planned smart microscopy pipelines require coordinated control of the …

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Who is the buyer of this tender?

The contracting authority is Turun yliopisto (European Union).