Standard infrastructure for imaging research in functional biology

Now more than ever, state-of-the art biological research depends on data visualization at microscopic level in 2D ànd 3D. Specific (immuno)fluorescent staining facilitates morphological, structural and functional imaging studies. The creation and use of living organisms, cells and tissue slices with targeted fluorescent protein expression has revolutionized the application range of fluorescence microscopy in topnotch animal physiology research. Within the Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology of the Department of Biology, Group Science and Technology, all ongoing research highly depends on the sterile manipulation of living specimens and subsequent imaging of living or fixed samples using state-of-the-art microscopy. Increased accessibility to high-tech equipment is a prerequisite to boost our joined research efforts as well as to educate future biologists.

Keywords:imaging research

Disciplines:Animal biology, General biology