We have issues with the CO2 dispense system from CellVivo again. Currently an old TOKAI hit CO2 supply runs on the Evident Spin SR10 system. Turn on by the “on” button and make sure the gas supply valve is open as normally. The system is hard set to mix 5% CO2 with ambient air, check…

We are pleased to announce the purchase of a new confocal scanning microscope. The plan is that the machine will be able to take over part of the workload on the busy Evident Spinning disk. We chose to get functionality on the system to flexibly automate imaging, with a focus on being able to do…

in the BHC community Teams> Interest Group Microscopy_Image Analyses (go to the files section), we collected educational sources to educate yourself on Image analyses, Microscopy in general, and a set of resources we recommend to check out before we train you on our instruments.

It has been a while and some things have changed in the CCI.

We updated the charges for using CCI equipment due to a change in the financial re-organisation to maintain the facility. In the coming weeks, active users will recieve a mail with the tarifs that apply as of the 1st of March 2023. The updated pricing is also listed at the CCI site in Organization issues.

We want to know your experience at the CCI and would like to know what you  need in the future to do imaging at the FVM. Please help us by filling in the survey you have been sent via the mail.

We are testing different microscopes to replace the Leica SPE2 “workhorse” that is having frequent technical failures and is heavily overbooked nowadays. Our aim is to increase the imaging capacity at the CCI by improving the workflow to do your imaging. We sent a mail with a request to give us samples you would like…

The 40x oil on the Leica SPE-II CLSM showed severe chromatic aberration in Z for UV fluorescence. The objective is removed from the system and its aberration is being validated on another Leica machine in the UU campus. We probably need to repair or replace it. Our objectives are very costly and vulnerable, please handle…

Working on the Leica SPE2: Entry: General entrance AG East 1 st floor, direct right turn to access the Confocal room O.161, knock before entry and apply to the hygiene rules that are supplied. A second person can be present in the room yet distance of 1.5 m should be kept at all times. Exit:…

The CCI is re-opening for microscopy from the 19th of May 2020. We hope everybody is safe at home trying to get a work routine partly at home and for essential work in the lab. Great initiatives to learn microscopy related (and unrelated)  courses are collected here (https://www.rms.org.uk) and on ibiology or MOOCs, this may…