Expertise
Imaging Platforms
Keywords - Light Microscopy: Confocal microscopy | Superresolution microscopy | Widefield microscopy | Laser microdissection | TIRF | Live cell imaging | Multi-photon microscopy | Gated-STED | PALM | STORM | TCSPC-FLIM | FCS/FCCS | Atomic Force Microscopy | Structured Illumination Microsocpy | Raman imaging
Keywords - Electron Microscopy: Transmission EM | Scanning Transmission EM
Keywords - X-Ray Microscopy: MicroCT
MINFLUX, super resolution microscopy (STORM/PALM, SIM, STED), lightsheet microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, FLIM, TIRF, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, optical tweezers, focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), cryo confocal/STORM.
Further access to TEM, SEM, Raman microscopy, AFM and MicroCT.
Applications
Keywords - Biological: Cell Biology | Plant Biology| Microbiology | Bio-materials | Food
Keywords - Physical Sciences: Bioengineering and biomaterials | Electron Optics | Functional oxides | Semiconductors and optoelectronics | Nanomaterials (nanoparticles, 2D nanomaterials, nanowires and nanotubes) | Geology / mineralogy | Optical and photonic materials and devices | Catalysts | Polymers and organic electronics | Ionic conductors, fuel cells and batteries
Molecular biology, chemical sciEnce, materials, catalysis
Sample Preparation
Keywords - Biological: Serial sectioning | Cryosectioning | Immunolabelling | Enzyme histochemistry | Live Cell
Class I &II Biolabs, Chemical labs, optics rooms and microscopy stations
Data Analysis
Keywords - Software: ImageJ | FIJI | Huygens | ImagePro | HR-STEM simulation packages (various) | Other Image simulation for crystals | Custom software
Keywords - Hardware: e-Science at RAL for large data storage
Bayesian Data Analysis, Huygens software for deconvolution
Funding
Access via facility access panel review and discussions with link scientists and programme area managers