Nikon Instruments has partnered with the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Science KOKI in Budapest to open a central European Nikon Microscopy Centre.
The centre will allow neuroscience researchers access to microscopy and imaging systems provided by Nikon.
Systems include the Eclipse Ti-E with TIRF and the super-resolution N-Storm and the Eclipse FN1 with C1plus, ideal for live-cell and deep-tissue imaging.
'The centre will make an important contribution to the development of neuroscience imaging techniques and further our research, enabling us to maintain our position in the international mainstream of neuroscience research,' said Prof Tamas Freund, director of the institute.
The Institute of Experimental Medicine is dedicated exclusively to medical research.
Its activity focuses on basic biomedical research, primarily in the field of neuroscience, including studies on neurotransmission, learning and memory, behaviour, ischaemic and epileptic brain damage, as well as the central and peripheral control of hormone secretion.
The research teams at the institute employ multidisciplinary approaches: traditional, well-established methodologies (for example anatomy, electrophysiology, neurochemistry and pharmacology) combined with novel approaches in cellular and molecular biology, as well as with patch clamp and calcium imaging techniques.
