BIF closure for winter break
The BIF will close from Dec 21, 2024 to Jan 1, 2025.
FOSI seminar on Nov 25th (Monday) at 2:30pm in MSL Rm 102 or Zoom (hybrid)
Focused On Scientific Imaging (FOSI) seminar will take place on November 25th (Monday) at 2:30 pm in Michael Smith Laboratories (MSL) Rm 102 or Zoom (Hybrid). We have two seminar speakers who will be discussing CryoTEM, TEM, confocal FISH, spectral confocal imaging of myelin. CryoTEM basics and lipid nanoparticles imaging: Dr. Arash Momeni (Research Associate, […]
The Evident SpinSR Spinning Disk Confocal Microscpy Seminar and Hands-on Workshop
A new spinning disk confocal microscope, Evident SpinSR, will be installed soon at the BIF! The SpinSR Spinning disk confocal system is capable of multi-color and simultaneous two-color imaging, live-cell imaging, tiling and stitching, multi-point imaging, Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), and Super Resolution Imaging with the Yokogawa SoRa spinning disk. We will host the […]
FOSI seminar “UBC Imaging Facility Expose!” Oct 31st (Thursday) at 2:30pm in LSC 1003 or Zoom
Focused On Scientific Imaging (FOSI) seminar is back for September, and will take place on October 31st (Thursday) at 2:30 pm in LSC 1003 or Zoom (Hybrid). UBC Imaging Facility Expose! Nancy L. Ford: Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics Anette von der Handt: Electron Microprobe Specialist Claire Atkinson: High Resolution Macromolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Before the talk […]
FOSI seminar “UBC Imaging Facility Expose!” Sept 24th (Tuesday) at 2pm in MSL or Zoom
(This message has been sent on behalf of the FOSI organizers.) Dear everyone, Focused On Scientific Imaging (FOSI) seminar is back for September, and will take place on September 24th (Tuesday) at 2 pm in Michael Smith Laboratories (MSL) Auditorium Rm 102 or Zoom (Hybrid). UBC Imaging Facility Expose! Miki Fujita, Bioimaging facility (BIF) manager: […]
Gloves Recycling Program
If you have used gloves that do not have toxic chemicals, please put them in a recycling bin in front of Rm 0132. Used gloves will be recycled into plastic pellets used in the construction and textile industries.
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Cormac Toler Scott, a MSc student in Leander lab (Dept of Zoology), studies the sea spider with the Zeiss Crossbeam 350 SEM. SEM images of the ventrum of the anterior of a juvenile sea spider (left), a single stalked ciliate protist nestled between the plates of the sea spider’s exoskeleton (centre), and the papillae of […]
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A TEM micrograph of iPSC derived 3D heart organoid, Image was acquired with the FEI Tecnai spirit 120kV TEM by Meilin An, a PhD student in Penninger lab (Dept of Medical Genetics).
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Evan McKenzie, a PhD student in Phil Matthews lab (Dept of Zoology) studies the structure of hydrostatic organs (air sacs) in aquatic insects. The insect tissues are embedded in resin and sectioned with the Leica UC7 ultramicrotome for TEM analysis. Evan uses a small camera mounted right next to the sample block (left image) so he […]