Expertise
Imaging Platforms
keywords - Light microscopy: Superresolution microscopy, Live cell imaging, Gated-STED, Light-sheet microscopy (SPIM), Confocal microscopy, Widefield microscopy, CW-STED, FCS/FCCS
Laser scanning confocal microscopes include the Leica SP8 FALCON (with FLIM/FCS) and Leica SP8 STED 3X (super-resolution with three depletion lasers).
Light-sheet imaging of large cleared samples (tissue, organs, embryos, etc.) is performed with an UltraMicroscope II.
Widefield microscopy is provided by a DeltaVision Elite.
Applications
Keywords - biological: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, C.elegans, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Immunobiology, Drosophila
Sample Preparation
Keywords - biological: Immunofluorescence, Immunolabelling, Live cell
We can provide guidance on sample preparation, but we do not offer sample preparation as a service.
Data Analysis
keywords - software: ImageJ, Imaris, Huygens, Fiji
The latest analysis workstation is equipped with a 24-core CPU, 512GB of RAM, an NVIDIA 4090 GPU, and 8TB of NVMe storage. It is capable of handling large datasets with licenses for Imaris and Huygens Professional. Other software includes Fiji, ilastik, Qupath, and Napari.