Image courtesy of Duo Cheng in Dr. Vanessa Auld lab, Dept of Zoology. Immunofluorescence labelling of cellular proliferation within the brain lobe of 3rd instar Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Green fluorescence represent glial cell membrane, red fluorescence represents the phosphohistone 3, marking cellular proliferation and blue is cell nuclei. The image was acquired by the Olympus […] Read More
Immunofluorescence labelling of hardwood bleached kraft pulp fibers (left) and softwood bleached kraft pulp fibres (right). Image courtesy of Dr. Vinay Khatri (post-doctoral researcher) in Dr. Jack Saddler lab (Dept of Wood Science). The images were acquired with the Olympus FV1000 confocal microscope. Green fluorescence represents the crystalline cellulose and red fluorescence represents the amorphous […] Read More
Arabidopsis root that was fixed, cleared and stained with dyes. Mendel Perkins and Tommy Kuo in Dr. Lacey Samuels lab (Dept of Botany) use the Olympus BX53 fluorescence microscopy to perform image stitching and tiling. Read More
Scanning electron micrographs of softwood fibers showing irregular distribution and size of bordered pits. Image courtesy of Daniela Vargas Figueroa in Dr. James Olson lab (UBC Mechanical Engineering). Read More
Scanning electron micrographs by Peixi Wang (PhD student) in Dr. Mark MacLachlan lab (Dept. of Chemisty). A chiral nematic liquid crystalline factoid formed by cellulose nanocrystals (left), ordered and disordered interface in a phase-separated dispersion of cellulose nanocrystals (middle), and multi-layered structures formed by vanadium pentoxide nanorods (right). Hitachi S4700 SEM was used. Read More
A scanning electron micrograph of Leptopilina japonica, an Asian parasitoid wasp that was found on the UBC Farm. Image courtesy of Jordan Tam (Co-op student) in Dr. Julli Carrillo lab (UBC Applied Biology, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems). They are known to parasitize Spotted Wing Drosophila (D. suzuki), a type of fruit fly that is […] Read More
NEWS AND EVENTS
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Ready for CAMiLoD’S Summer imaging competition 2020?
Thursday Aug 12 2020
Ready for CAMiLoD’S Summer imaging competition 2020? This competition is open to all researchers and students in Canada. Read More>
Thursday July 16 2020
Congratulations to Miki for winning a Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms Scientist Award Read More>
BIF will re-open on an appointment-only basis on June 10th.
Monday June 8 2020
BIF will re-open on an appointment-only basis on June 10th (Wednesday).Read More>
BIF is closed until further notice.
Tuesday Mar 17 2020
BIF is closed until further notice.Read More>
Friday Feb 21 2020
Please join us for ibidi lunch and learn seminar on March 4th at 12pm in LSI Rm 1330.Read More>
Seminar: Genome folding in development by Dr. Alistair Boettiger Feb 10 2:30pm LSC 3
Thursday Jan 30 2020
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Discussion Group Presents Read More>
Nikon Multiphoton Imaging Talk on Feb 4th at 1pm, BioSci Rm 4223.
Thursday Jan 30 2020
Nikon Multiphoton Imaging Talk on Feb 4th at 1pm, BioSci Rm 4223. Read More>
BIF will move to new space in late January 2020.
Wednesday Dec 4 2019
BIF will move to new space in the BioSci Bldg in the week of January 27th 2020. Read More>
FOSI seminar Nov 28th in the LSI Rm1.416 at 3:30pm”.
Monday November 25 2019
FOSI returns for the month of November! On November 28th at 3:30 pm in the LSI room 1416, Dr. Kurt Haas from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health will present a seminar, “Ultra-fast 3D Two Photon Microscopy (for in vivo imaging of the whole-neuron activity in the awake brain.”Read More>
FOSI seminar Oct 31st in the LSI Rm1.416 at 3:30pm”.
Friday October 25 2019
The FOSI seminar series has returned for October! Dr. Stefano Rubino from Soquelec will speak about Improving Throughput for Cryo-Electron Microscopy with a focus on Gatan direct detection cameras. Josh Scurll from the UBC Institute of Applied Mathematics will present on StormGraph for clustering analyses of single-molecule localization microscopy data. Read More>
Our move has been postponed to January 2020.
Wednesday October 2 2019
Our move has been postponed to January 2020 Read More>
Introduction to UBC imaging facilities-FOSI seminar Sept 26th in the LSI Rm1.416 at 3:30pm”.
Monday Sept 23 2019
The FOSI seminar series has returned for the academic year! On September 26th at 3:30pm in the LSI room 1416, we will feature a seminar, “Introduction to imaging facilities at UBC: From confocal to super resolution to electron microscopy.” Dr. Guang Gao from LSI Imaging will speak about confocal microscopy and STED, while Dr. Miki Fujita from the Bioimaging Facility will present on multiphoton imaging and electron microscopy. Read More>
Gairdner Symposium Oct 21st 3:30pm-6pm at LSC2
Tuesday Sept 10 2019
Please join us the Gairdner Symposium hosted by Dr. Michael Hayden! This free inspiring public lecture will feature Read More>
Our move has been postponed to the week of October 21st.
Tuesday Aug 27 2019
Our move has been postponed to the week of October 21st, Read More>
Online Calcium Booking Calendar will become unavailable from July 5 to 8.
Wednesday June 26 2019
If you plan to use the equipment during this time, Read More>
Our move has been postponed to mid-September.
Wednesday June 26 2019
Our move has been postponed to mid-September. Read More>
Join us for the FOSI seminar by Dr. Eric Betzig on June 18th in the LSI LSC1 at 2pm”.
Monday June 17 2019
The FOSI organizing committee invites you to attend a seminar by the esteemed Dr. Eric Betzig Read More>
Our move has been postponed to late July and August.
Thursday May 9 2019
Our move has been postponed to late July and August. Read More>
Tuesday April 30 2019
We have a New Olympus Light/Fluorescence BX53 microscope! And with a fond farewell, we have decommissioned the venerable Zeiss Axioplan2 after 18 years of service at the BIF. What’s new about Olympus BX53 upright microscope? Read More>
Register FREE AMIRA workshop (May 24th 2-5pm)
Tuesday April 23 2019
AMIRA is a powerful 3D reconstruction and image analysis software and is available for both BIF and CHTP users. This half day workshop Read More>
BIF will be moving to new space in June!
Thursday March 14 2019
We will move back to our original location in the basement of BioSci Buidling in June. Some downtime of the equipment will be expected in June and Read More>
Annual Meeting of Microscopical Society of Canada (MSC-SMC) 2019
Tuesday March 5 2019
Annual Meeting of Microscopical Society of Canada (MSC-SMC) 2019 will be held May 21-24, 2019 in UBC Vancouver campus. The UBC imaging facilities including BIF will be hosting hands-on workshops on May 21 and 24. Read More>