The lab groups of the Cologne Biocenter and CEPLAS cover a wide spectrum of cellular imaging techniques and apply these to the various organisms studied. Their methodological know-how and equipment resources have been pooled in a central facility to offer all labs a working platform with modern infrastructure for a select spectrum of methods in the area of cellular imaging.
The facility is located in the basement of the Cologne Biocenter, and contains space and appliances for laser scanning confocal microscopy, 2-photon microscopy, Thunder widefield microscopy, fluorescent light microscopy, fluorescent light dissection microscopy, cell culture, including temperature controlled CO2 incubator, clean bench and space and equipment for specimen preparation. A scanning electron microscope is part of the platform but located in a different section of the building. Available main and secondary dichroic beam splitters (HFT and NFT), as well as filters (high pass [LP] and band pass [BP]) available for two Leica SP8, a Leica THUNDER, a Nikon SMZ18 are listed in the respective submenu.
Use of the Facility
Users will receive a thorough, equipment-specific introduction before being allowed the usage of the equipment. Once being cleared for the usage of the equipment, they can perform experiments and data analysis within the facility independently. Registration can be done from inside the network of the University of Cologne only or through VPN access, and requires approval through the facility managers. For registration, please follow this web link:
http://imaging-facility.biozentrum-ze.uni-koeln.de/reservation/register.php
If you would like to use the equipment of the Imaging Facility in the Cologne Biocenter, please contact Dr. Matthias Gruhn and Dr. Parisa Kakanj: Imaging-facility(at)uni-koeln.de