BIF updated wk22: seminar / workshop / reduced availability / construction new room

Dear colleagues, To reduce the amount of emails, we will try to send out weekly updates for as far as possible from now on: We are hosting a seminar from Christine Strasser about confocal detectors and ZEN blue today at 9:30h in Mondi3 https://iof.pages.ist.ac.at/2019/05/15/seminar-confocal-imaging-detectors-airyscan-zen-blue-features-may-27th-9-30-am/ The Zeiss Elyra 7 workshop is still ongoing this week in building west: please inform us timely when your plans change. https://iof.pages.ist.ac.at/2019/03/20/demo-zeiss-elyra-7-lattice-sim-may-20-31-2019/ Due to the Austrian BioOptics Facility meeting organized on campus on Tuesday May 28th – there will be minimal support available from the BIF team! The construction of the new microscope room in BFB Read More …

Seminar: Elyra 7 Lattice-SIM: imaging beyond diffraction limit of conventional microscopy – May 23th, 10 a.m.

3D-Imaging Systems application specialist Dr. Jan Erich Heil (Zeiss) will lecture about the newly released Zeiss Elyra lattice SIM (structured illumination microscopy) platform: Flexible Platform for Fast and Gentle 3D Superresolution Microscopy This lecture should be of great interest for all imagers that want to push resolution the boundary beyond the diffraction limit of conventional microscopy. When & where: May 23th, 10.00 am – 11.00 am, mondi 3, central building, I.S.T. Austria With kind regards the BioImaging Facility Team

Seminar: Confocal imaging detectors, Airyscan & Zen Blue features – May 27th, 9.30 am

application specialist for confocal imaging Dr. Christine Strasser (Zeiss) will lecture about the conceptional differences between Multi Alkaline (MA) and Gallium Arsenide Phosphide  (GaAsP) detectors, the advantages of Airy scan imaging and the new muliplex imaging modalities (LSM900/980). Lastly, Christine will provide a brief overview about the new features of ZEN 2.6 blue. When: May 27th, 9.30 am – 10.30 am, Where: Mondi 3, central building, I.S.T. Austria This lecture should be of great interest for all confocal imagers – and we hope to see many of you there! with kind regards, the BioImaging Facility team !! this lecture is Read More …

Scratch3 maintenance: May 14 (Tue), 7-9 am

Dear all, The next scheduled maintenance of the scratch3 drive will be carried out this Tuesday (May 14, 2019) from 7:00 – 9:00 in the morning. During this slot, the drive will not be available. Please make sure that you don’t schedule any online processing for this time. Thank you for your understanding! Best regards / Mit besten Grüßen, BioImaging Facility Team I.S.T. Austria

Construction works: corridor basement i04/BFB

Dear all, The Construction and Maintenance Team have informed us that from tomorrow Tuesday May 6th onward there will be ongoing construction work taking place in the basement of the Bertalanffy Foundation Building (room i04.UG.015). The previous pre-clinical facility -room will be converted into a new microscopy room for the BioImaging Facility.  Please be informed that the construction work will last a few weeks. ! During this time it is rather likely that some noise-producing construction works will be carried out. ! A dust-curtain will be installed in front of room i04.UG.015: please also make use of the sticky mats to reduce the Read More …

Workshop: Image Analysis

Dear participants, Please provide us with your feedback, so we can learn and improve ourselves: feedback-form kind regards, BIF-team   Dear all, The BioImaging Facility team organizes an image analysis workshop on June 13 and 14, 2019: With this workshop we aim to raise awareness to think about your analysis before you acquire data; introduce you to some concepts of image analysis and flash the main available tools that we offer from the BioImaging Facility. Our image analysis website: https://iof.pages.ist.ac.at/bif-equipment/image-analysis/ Available software: https://iof.pages.ist.ac.at/analysis-software/ Workstations: https://iof.pages.ist.ac.at/bif-equipment/bio-image-analysis-software/ We also provide the opportunity to sign up for a 1 hour Q&A session on Read More …