Facility for Light Microscopy
Our mission is to support our users through the entire experimental workflow, including experimental design, sample preparation, data acquisition and analysis.
We provide centralized access to a wide range of high-end microscope systems, cell sorting (FACS), other fluorescence-based technologies, and the IT infrastructure required for data analysis. The Facility operates at two sites, the Fassberg and City Campus. Each site covers core imaging technologies including widefield, laser scanning and spinning disk confocal microscopy, super-resolution (SMLM/STORM, STED, MINFLUX) imaging, as well as flow cytometry. Aligned with local needs, the City Campus site also supports multiphoton microscopy, intravital imaging, and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). The Fassberg Campus site offers biophysical methods (e.g., mass photometry). An integrated IT infrastructure enables remote access to powerful, GPU-enabled compute resources, offering a wide range of commercial and open source image analysis software.
We operate by training users, who then become independent in acquiring their data, while the facility staff continues to be available for consultation. We provide standard operating procedures, example workflows, and training videos; we regularly offer basic and advanced courses on imaging and image analysis, and organize company workshops and demonstrations. In specific cases, the facility staff is involved in a collaborative fashion, for example to develop new assays or custom data analysis workflows.
