Fluorescence Microscopy Unit (MIC-UBI)
The Fluorescence Microscopy Unit is located within RISE-Health, UBI and is a PPBI node, the infrastructure of national roadmap of research infrastructures of strategic relevance. The MIC-UBI offers high standard microscopy services, to strengthen both basic and applied research and the collaboration between researchers, institutions and industry.
The MIC-UBI users receive:
1. support and training required to carry out conventional and advanced imaging techniques, based on light and fluorescence microscopy;
2. scientific support for experimental design and image analysis and processing;
3. continuous education in advanced microscopy approaches through courses and workshops.
Resources
Equipment:
- ZEISS LSM 710
- ZEISS AxioImager Z2
- ZEISS Axioimager A1
- ZEISS Axio Observer Z1
Software:
- Huygens
- Imaris
Offered Technologies
- Deconvolution Widefield Microscopy (DWM)
- Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM/CLSM)
- Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)
- Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP)
- High Performance Workstation
Publications
Job Shadowing
- Sample preparation (tissue sections, transwell/inserts, cells)
- Functional assays (calcium imaging, scratch)
- Guidance in facility management and financial accounts
- Dissemination materials (posters, banners, certificates)
- Guidance in both scientific and non-scientific events (courses, workshops, scholar activities)