Instruments
Center for Advanced Bioimaging (CAB) Denmark
The center will open in June 2011 at the Faculties of LIFE, SCIENCE and PHARMA, University of Copenhagen, with an instrument park, offering high resolution in seven dimensions, that is unique in Denmark.
- 1st & 2nd Dimension Superresolution (Fluorescence localisation and 3D SIM)
- 3rd Dimension High resolution in z axis and at cell surfaces (TIRF)
- 4th Dimension High spectral resolution by confocals with freely tuneable excitation and emission wavelengths from UV to infrared
- 5th Dimension High resolution in time (Spinning disk fluorescence with EM-CCD)
- 6th Dimension High resolution for identification of chemical compounds, measuring interactions and metabolite levels (FRET, FLIM) or macro- and micronutrients in single cells (Laser ablation ICP-MS and laser dissection microscope)
- 7th Dimension High statistical resolution (High Content Screening, high content analysis; HCS/HCA) robot microscope
- Deep penetration multiphoton excitation scanning microscopes , high environmental fidelity (microscope built around an environmental chamber), and whole organism imaging.
The Center offers access and training for all relevant microscopical methods including, in addition to the above mentioned, front edge instruments also CLSM, TEM, and ESEM, a biosafety level 2 cell culture lab and a histological lab for specimen preparation. The CAB received support from the National Research Infrastructure Program and is linked to the European ESFRI project Euro-BioImaging
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Alexander Schulz, - last update:25 August 2011