BBCD/IBPM Cellular Imaging Platform
Coordinates
41.9036428022199, 12.514534957176009
Contact name
Giulia Guarguaglini
CIVIS Label
No
Acronym
BICIP
Scientific domain
LS3_16 - Functional imaging of cells and tissues - Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Keywords
fluorescence microscopy; live cell imaging; confocal imaging
Partner institution
Sapienza Università di Roma
Website
No
Technical staff available
No
Remote access details
Access for internal users is allowed after a specific training; for external users on a collaborative basis. Access would be possible on a collaborative basis.
Remote access available
No
Open to external users
No
Equipment
The activity is not carried out as service, but on the basis of scientific collaborations
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
Access within CIVIS would be possible on the basis of a scientific collaboration with potential users
Online booking system available
No
Description
The research infrastructure includes upright and inverted microscopes for wide field, confocal and confocal spinning disk imaging. Instruments enable fluorescence, bright field and contrast techniques applications, for the observation of biological samples of animal and vegetal origin. Applications include high resolution imaging of sub-cellular structures, detecting molecular interactions, time-lapse recording of live cells over several days, co-localisation studies. The platform provides opportunities for coupling dynamic studies with high resolution qualitative and quantitative image analysis of cells and cellular structures. Workstations with advanced imaging softwares are in place, and workflows for automated image acquisition and analyses are established. Both qualitative and a wide range of quantitative measures and information on the molecules or cells that are being imaged can be extracted.