This facility offers a collection of state-of-the-art light microscopy equipment and image processing tools.
The ALMF now offers a Chip-based TIRF microscope from Chipnano for testing until April 2025. This state-of-the-art microscope is equipped with 20X air and 60X water objectives, along with photonic chips and culture chambers for experimental use. It also includes image processing software for…
Together with the industrial partners Evident Scientific and Rapp OptoElectronics the ALMF hosts a laser scanning confocal Evident FV3000 combined with an additional scanner equipped with pulsed 355 nm and 375 nm lasers (Rapp UGA-42 Caliburn ). It allows flexible and precise photomanipulations…
Igniting New Confocal Imaging Potential – The newly developed Nikon Spatial Array Detector (NSPARC) detector utilizes an ultra-low noise detector array to collect a two-dimensional image at each scanned point. This method of image scanning microscopy (ISM) improves signal-to-noise ratio by…
The Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg (ALMF) offers a collection of state of the art equipment and image processing tools to support in-house scientists and visitors in using light microscopy methods for their research. In collaboration with other Core Facilities the ALMF also…
ALMF is pleased to announce the workshop on Lattice Light Sheet (LLS) technique, implemented in Zeiss LLS7 microscope (please see the detailed information below). This microscope is currently installed in ALMF and available for tests and running experiments. The workshop will be run by Zeiss on…
Dear wide-field microscopy users, We would like to inform you that we have upgraded an Olympus IX83 wide-field system. It is equipped with the ScanR software allowing you to perform high-throughput experiments or checking your sample before using one of our confocal systems. The microscope is…
As part of the EMBL Node in Euro-BioImaging, the ALMF also participates in the ISIDORe call supporting access to imaging technology in context of SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 related research. Please consult the information on the first call for proposals to support scientists with an interest in…
The Abbelight / Olympus Safe 360 is our new super-resolution microscope for 2D- and 3D- multicolour SMLM (single molecule localization microscopy) at the ALMF. The Abbelight Safe 360 module is connected to an Olympus IX83 microscope equipped with a 100x / NA 1.5 oil immersion objective. The…
The new Leica Stellaris 8 confocal microscope is equipped with the newest generation of Hybrid Detectors (HyD S) enabling detection up to 850nm and therefore the use of far-red dyes like Cy7 or Alexa750. The high-power white light laser with up to eight lines freely tunable from 440 to 790 nm…
The ALMF is happy to present a newly available confocal microscope Zeiss LSM980 AIRY Fast. In the confocal mode up to 6 fluorescence detection channels can be used in parallel. The AIRY detector enables to improve lateral and axial image resolution beyond regular confocal. AiryFast modality enables…