Biomedical Imaging Facilities

The BioDIP offers advanced imaging systems, covering a broad range of imaging technologies: wide-field fluorescence microscopy, laser scanning and spinning disc confocal microscopy, two photon laser scanning microscopy, total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), super resolution light microscopy (structured illumination and dSTORM), high throughput microscopy, electron microscopy (SEM, SBF-SEM,TEM, cryo-TEM), correlative light and electron microscopy, and electron tomography. Imaging instruments as well as staff assistance are bookable via online booking databases. All together the BioDIP staff can offer many years of experience with advanced imaging using different imaging technologies and gained extensive experience with the imaging of a broad range of model organisms. The BioDIP staff assists users with the experiment design, sample preparation, instrument choice, microscopy training in image acquisition as well as with image analysis and image processing. In the field of high throughput microscopy and electron microscopy the instruments use has been established as service due to the complexity of these approaches. Moreover, the BioDIP is actively involved into collaborations with research groups and industrial partners regarding the development of new microscopy techniques.