Imaging Core Facility Light microscopy is of great importance in all fields of biological research. The Imaging Core Facility of the Biozentrum is a technology platform for the use of highly developed light microscopes. Our…

Mr. Neher, this is our first interview without masks since the beginning of the pandemic. Will this remain so? Richard Neher: If the number of cases increases, wearing face masks again in some settings makes sense. This not…

June 28th is the kickoff. The Services teams, ranging from the Workshops, Store and Supply and Reception to the Biozentrum Administration, will move and start the ball rolling. The caravan of Research Groups and Technology…

IMCF guidelines 1. General booking Rules: The user can book a microscope only after having received the appropriate introduction. The instruments can be booked up to 14 days in advance. During daily working hours (9-17h),…

Multi-scale, correlated imaging reveals principles of bacterial biofilm formation Most prokaryotes including bacteria and archaea form macroscopic, surface-attached, multi-cellular communities known as biofilms. Biofilms…

After more than two years of the Covid pandemic, research and life at the Biozentrum have largely returned to normal. This extraordinary time has taught us that much can be replaced by virtual formats, but face-to-face…

Thin Sectioning Application To determine the ultrastructure of whole tissues and cells at ~2nm resolution by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Method Tissues or cells are chemically fixed, dehydrated, embedded in resin…

Available Microscope Systems Searching for a decision tree? Clicking on the image below and you will be directed to our internal documentation that will help you to decide which system is best for your research project. If…

Image Gallery To share your scientific images taken at the IMCF in this gallery, please send your images to Alexia with a short description. The images contained within this gallery remain the copyright of the Biozentrum.…

Cell receptor dynamics and signaling G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of membrane proteins crucial for cell signaling and the target of about 35 percent of all drugs. Despite that the knowledge of GPCRs…