The backup Leica cryostat that had issues with the cooling unit could no longer be repaired and has been removed from the CCI. Fortunately, Rob had foreseen this and  arranged finances for a new cryostat last year. So cryostat work can still continue at the CCI but tighter planning is required when large series are going…

We are experiencing problems with our netstorage. The central storage is currently not available so you will not be able to upload or download data. The data are secured and will be available again soon. Watch this blog for updates.  

We have an old building that is leaky, a serious water spill occurred when the last storm hit the east wing of the Androclus building. The equipment (the SPEII) was not damaged due to the swift action of Martijn Moolenaar (thanks again). Apparently, the rain leaked into the building at multiple departments and it is a…

I started a twitter account (@CCI_FVM) to provide a way to get notified if something is happening at the CCI. Essentially this blog is meant to do this, but it is not so effective in reaching you as a user. The tweets will be replicates of the titles this blog, and a link to the message is provided….

The storage for gas tanks (CO2, N2) in the CCI corridor has been replaced and moved to make space for the flow cabinet that will be positionned in the recess behind it. Beware that the corridor has become more shallow because of the move.

Bioimaging Utrecht again arranges the ImageJ beginners course on October 13, 2015. The flyer can be downloaded here, as well as the registration form. It is a highly recommended way to get introduced into the ImageJ/FIJI image analysis by image processing experts.

A StorSimple backup system has been  implemented by ITS.  We have tested it for a couple of months and it seems to perform well. The extra network drive is available on all imaging machines (except for the Zeiss NLO system, that will be connected to the net in the coming weeks) and can be found…

Matlab is now available as a campus licence. We installed the newest version of Matlab on our windows workstations (the NIS workstation, the Imaris Workstation and Richard’s PC). The IT department will inform you how to install MATLAB on your computer via its licence manager.

The Zeiss LSM880 NLO has been installed. We will be instructed to use it in the coming week and the machine performance will be evaluated afterwards. The multiphoton imaging machine is excellently suited to perform microscopy on thick samples. When you want to do in vivo mouse imaging on the machine, please contact dr. Nienke Vrisekoop (N.Vrisekoop@umcutrecht.nl) at the…

We are happy that we can expand our office space to W145 in the Androclus building, although it is a bit distant from the CCI microscopy rooms. Onno van der Veen from Multimedia allowed to use one of his spaces to use for image analysis and CCI staff office work, thanks very much for this offer….