Equipment Biology Imaging Center (BIC)
Name: Biology Imaging Center (BIC), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University.
Contact person: Ilya Grigoriev, I.S.Grigoriev@uu.nl
Web-link: http://cellbiology.science.uu.nl/facilities/biology-imaging-center-bic/
Overview:
- 26 advanced microscope systems
- ~150 internal users (Department of Biology)
- ~20 external users (Utrecht University)
- 7 commercial users (Companies)
- 2 workstations with software analysis (MetaMorph, SVI Huygens, MatLab, ImageJ)
- Participating in teaching (U-Talent high school course, Bachelor UU courses, Master UU courses, ImageJ workshops).
- Participating in BioImaging-Utrecht microscopy meetings
- Regular testing of new equipment (http://cellbiology.science.uu.nl/facilities/biology-imaging-center-bic/activities/)
- Housing microscopy historical museum (http://cellbiology.science.uu.nl/facilities/biology-imaging-center-bic/bic-museum-of-microscopy-overview/)
List of equipment:
Widefield phase-contrast/DIC microscopy
- Inverted microscope Nikon TS-100
- Inverted microscope Nikon Ti “PEX”
Widefield fluorescence microscopy
- Upright fluorescent microscope Nikon Eclipse 80i
- Upright fluorescent microscope Nikon Eclipse Ni
- Upright fluorescent microscope Olympus BX53
- Upright fluorescent microscope Olympus AX70
- Upright fluorescent microscope Zeiss Axioskop
- Inverted digital fluorescent microscope EVOS
Spinning disc confocal microscopy
- Two spinning disc microscopes Yokogawa X1 Nikon Ti Roper ILAS FRAP PhotoAblation
- Spinning disc microscope Nikon Ti Andor Revolution 500
Confocal microscopy
- Confocal microscope Zeiss LSM 5 Pascal
- Two confocal microscopes Zeiss LSM 700
TIRF microscopy
- TIRF microscope Nikon TE2000 Roper FRAP
- TIRF microscope Nikon Ti Roper ILAS FRAP/ PhotoAblation
- TIRF microscope Nikon Ti Roper ILAS-2 FRAP/ PhotoAblation
Super-resolution microscopy
- Confocal AiryScan super-resolution microscope Zeiss LSM 880 fast AiryScan
- Confocal STED super-resolution microscope Leica SP8 FLIM STED3X
- Localized microscopy super-resolution Nikon Ti STORM/PALM home made system
- Localized microscopy super-resolution Nikon Ti STORM/PALM home made system with adaptive optics
- Localized microscopy super-resolution ONI Nanoimager S microscope
2-photon microscopy
(contact person Corette Wierenga, http://cellbiology.science.uu.nl/research-groups/corette-wierenga-synaptic-physiology/)
- 2-photon microscope Femtonics 2D
- 2-photon microscope Femtonics 3D
- Two electrophysiology patch clamp setups
The detailed specs of all the systems mentioned above can be found at
http://cellbiology.science.uu.nl/facilities/biology-imaging-center-bic/equipment/