Dundee Imaging Facility

The Facility provides world-leading core microscopy resources, housing >20 advanced light microscopy systems, including LSCM, WF-decon, SDCM, TIRF, MPLSM and FLIM technologies. New acquisitions include a Zeiss Axioscan 7 slidescanner, Zeiss Axio Zoom V16 and Nikon Ti2 widefield systems. The Facility also houses electron microscopes which are used for research applications in the life and physical sciences. Explore some of the systems and resources they offer users below, and be sure to check out their website for full details and the most up-to-date information.

  • School of Life Sciences,
    University of Dundee,
    Dow Street,
    Dundee,
    DD1 5EH
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Zeiss 880 Fast AiryscanInverted✔✔
Zeiss 710 MultiphotonInverted✔✔SHG, confocal, 355nm laser and 680nm-1040nm MP laser
Leica Stellaris 8 FALCON Inverted✔✔FALCON FLIM, WLL 440-790nm
Nikon TiE WidefieldInverted✔✔TIRF, SDCM, lasers 405nm,488nm,560nm,640nm
Nikon Ti2 WidefieldInverted✔✔Phase contrast,DIC,JOBS,AI
Leica SP8 X ConfocalInverted✔✔High speed imaging capabilities, 355nm and 470-670nm white light lasers
Zeiss Spinning Disk ConfocalInverted✔✔Dual sCMOS cameras, Rapp photomanipulation system 405 nm and 473nm
Leica SP8 Confocal Inverted✔✔High speed imaging capabilities
Leica SP8 MultiphotonUpright✔✔Confocal, SHG, High speed imaging capabilities
Zeiss PALM MicrodissectionInverted✔Epifluorescence
Zeiss Axio Zoom V16 Inverted✔✔✔
Zeiss Axioscan 7 Slide Scanner InvertedTL,fluorescence,PoL,mega-slides
Jeol JSM 7400F SEMEnergy dispersive x-ray microanalysis (EDX)
Jeol JEM 1200 EX TEM
  • Arivis
  • ICY
  • Imaris
  • MATLAB
  • Omero
  • R Studio
  • Volocity
  • Zeiss Zen
  • Leica LAS X
  • Nikon NIS Elements
  • Fiji
  • QuPath
  • CellProfiler
  • Assisted imaging sessions
  • Access to incubators
  • Access to dissecting microscope
  • Sample preparation
  • Access to a specialist Image Analyst