This facility offers a collection of state-of-the-art light microscopy equipment and image processing tools.
ALMF will host the Zeiss Lightfield 4D (in combination with an LSM 910) for testing purposes 1-28 February 2026. If you are interested to test the system during this time, please contact us. Looking forward to testing this system together with you.
Dear ALMF users, Starting next week, we will have a Picoquant Luminosa setup available in room 13-514C for experiments. It will stay in the ALMF until end of July. It is also equipped with the PDA-23 SPAD Array detector allowing FLIM acquisiton at higher resolution. Evangelos Sisamakis from…
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…