Active Illuminating Modules (AIMs) are systems that work to actively photostimulate cellular structures and tissues at the microscopic level. Active illuminating elements are typically introduced into the optical path of a fluorescence microscope or the imaging axis and the light beam is targeted to specific locations on the sample. Andor offers several types of illumination modules depending on the type of application required - Mosaic (optogenetics, FRAP, cell movement analysis, uncaging, selective imaging of a specific area of the sample), MicroPoint(ablation, FRAP, uncaging, DNA damage - cancer research, etc.), FRAPPA (photo-bleaching, photoactivation, vesicle tracing, cell compartmentalization, DNA damage, uncaging).
