Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility
Located in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, the Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility provides cutting-edge microscopy resources to members of the university community and beyond (commercial and academic). Within a large range of advanced fluorescence imaging systems (including wide-field, confocal and TIRF), our microscopes are routinely used for high resolution live-cell imaging, as well as analysis of organisms incl. Drosophila, zebrafish, Arabidopsis

Expertise
Imaging Platforms
Keywords - Light Microscopy: Confocal microscopy | Widefield microscopy | TIRF | Live cell imaging
Applications
Keywords - Biological: Cell Biology | Neurobiology | Developmental Biology | Immunobiology | Plant Biology | Zebrafish | Drosophila | Microbiology | Histology/pathology
Keywords - Physical Sciences: Nanomaterials (nanoparticles, 2D nanomaterials, nanowires and nanotubes)
Data Analysis
Keywords - Software: ImageJ | FIJI | Amira | NIS-Elements | ZEN2 | ICY | Cellsense
Point of Contact
Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility
Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
Westgate
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Alessandro Di Maio +44 (0)121 4142503