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  • Live Cell Spinning Disk Confocal

    The Center for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg has set the goal of researching organismal biology beyond the boundaries of the biological organizational stages. Research and teaching at the COS are devoted to the biology of organisms from the molecular basis to cell biology, developmental biology and physiology to evolution and biodiversity as well as system biology and biotechnology in plant and animal systems.

  • Plant Bioluminescence

    Dr. Matt Jones leads a group of circadian biologists working at the University of Glasgow, who research internal circadian rhythms in plants and how they respond to light at different times of day, with an aim to manipulate these responses and improve plant growth and crop yields.

  • Optical Fiber Photometry

    Dr. Priya Rajesethupathy and colleagues in the Rockefeller University Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition are interested in the process of memory. Integrating approaches ranging from genomics, transcriptomics, optogenetics and imaging, they aspire to address memory formation and recall at scales ranging from the synapse through to collections of hundreds to thousands of neurons and finally animal behavior.

  • Gene Expression via Bioluminescent Reporters

    The research performed by the Locke Group at the University of Cambridge focuses on developing a quantitative understanding of gene circuit dynamics. One of the gene circuits of particular interest is the circadian clock, the biological timekeeper.

  • High-Throughput Spinning Disk Confocal

    Dr. Tom Lummen is a microscopy engineer at ETH Zürich University, and spoke to us about the imaging facility he works with, “I’m part of the microscopy team that operates the imaging core facility, we provide 20 high-end automated microscopes for the imaging needs of the users of our department

  • Neuronal Single-Molecule TIRF

    Marco Schnieder is a PhD student in the group of Prof. Klingauf, whose research focuses on neuroscience, mainly the physiology of synaptic transmission, and the mechanisms of synaptic vesicle recycling, in particular endocytosis.

  • Calcium and Voltage Imaging

    Dr. Naoki Kogo is a visiting researcher in the lab of Prof. Nael Kasri, participating in projects to study the neural properties of network dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders.

  • Dynamic Microfluidic Imaging

    The Knowles Lab at the University of Cambridge is an interdisciplinary group that develops new approaches to probe the behavior of biological molecules, especially protein self-assembly, a process that can result in several neurodegenerative diseases when misfolding occurs.

  • Light Sheet Optical Thermometry

    Dr. Brian Patton and Ph.D. candidate Petros Hadjichristodoulou are involved in microscopy development and incorporating technologies into imaging. One such technology is the use of nanodiamonds (NDs), these contain natural defects known as nitrogen-vacancy centers that can be modulated by illuminating the NDs, which will emit fluorescence.

  • High-Speed Single Molecule Light Sheet

    The lab of Dr. Aleks Ponjavic develops fluorescence microscopy techniques in order to study live-cell samples, including particularly mechanically delicate and photosensitive samples such as T cells. These live samples undergo complex processes and require high-speed imaging, sensitivity, and nanoscale resolution in order to determine the behavior of individual proteins within the cells.

  • Nematostella OPM Light Sheet

    Dr. Rory Power is a staff scientist and engineer at the advanced imaging center of the EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg. Involved in a variety of projects, Dr. Power also oversees Ph.D. students involved in building custom light sheet imaging systems.

  • Single Molecule Detection

    The Shen lab at Kent State University are using single-molecule imaging approaches to evaluate catalytic reactivity of various carbon nanoparticle formulations. Electrochemical reactions are critical to energy conversion and storage, but mechanisms to understand key parameters at the molecular level have been lacking.