The Nikon Imaging Centre at QB3/UCSF is the fifth collaboration, joining ventures at Harvard University (USA), Heidelberg University (Germany), Oxford University (UK), and Hokkaido University (Japan)
Following collaboration between the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Nikon Instruments has opened a joint core facility designed to help them promote education and innovation in microscopy imaging.
The Nikon Imaging Centre at QB3/UCSF is the fifth such collaboration, joining similar ventures at: Harvard University (USA), Heidelberg University (Germany), Oxford University (UK), and Hokkaido University (Japan).
Nikon and its US dealer, Technical Instruments Inc, have endowed the new Nikon Imaging Centre with the very latest in advanced microscopy and imaging equipment.
This includes three different kinds of laser-based microscopes, including the latest total internal reflection fluorescence (Tirf), and two laser scanning confocal systems.
Imaging workstations, featuring Nikon's Perfect Focus inverted microscopes with incubator chambers for long-term time-lapse digital imaging, have also been provided.
Together, these advanced systems for live cell care will help the QB3/UCSF staff to deliver breakthrough scientific discoveries relating to individual molecules and whole organisms.
Also provided are spectral imaging and physiology imaging workstations, all configured with Nikon's NIS-Elements advanced quantitative microscopy software.
"The Nikon Imaging Centre will contribute immensely to the progress of biomedical science," said Douglas Crawford, associate director of QB3.
"Nikon and QB3 share a vision to drive innovation in both experimental design and in microscopy.
"This collaboration reflects our common mission to expand the frontiers of knowledge."
