MIC Facility News
Announcing the 22nd Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop, January 21-23, 2025
Early registration rates are open at https://aim2025.eventbrite.com/ AIM2025 is a 3-day event focused on new and emerging microscopy techniques and their applications to biological systems. AIM maintains a special focus on time-resolved techniques such as fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. AIM is hosted by the CRL Molecular Imaging Center at UC Berkeley. This workshop […]
Come to Advanced Imaging Methods January 23 – 25, 2024
We hope you can join us at our next AIM Workshop on campus this year! http://aim2024.eventbrite.com
AIM 2023 Back In Person!
We are so thrilled to be able to be back in person for our 20th Anniversary! That’s right, the 20th Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop will be held in Berkeley, California, January 24 – 26, 2023, at the beautiful new conference center at the Residence Inn by Marriott. https://aim2023.eventbrite.com/ We hope you can join us!
AIM 2021 Will be Virtual
Well, it’s been a crazy year, and while we dodged the Covid-issue for the most part last January, we will be hosting AIM completely online this year. Join us on the Hopin platform for AIM 2021, February 10 – 12, 2021: https://hopin.com/events/advanced-imaging-methods-workshop-2021#top
MIC COVID-19 Update
Please note that the Molecular Imaging Center is operating on a very minimal basis only for on-campus, essential research projects approved by the VCR’s office. If you would like to use the instruments, please forward your VCR approval letter to Director Aaron. More information here: https://live-cancer-research-lab.pantheon.berkeley.edu/mic-covid-19-regulations/ If you would like help or guidance with image […]
MIC Holiday Party to be in Barker Hall
The annual MIC Holiday/Calendar Contest Party will be held in 318 Barker Hall on Friday, December 14, 2:30 – 5P. Please come for food, drink, image contest awards, and to christen our new home in Barker Hall.
The Fast Module for Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan is Here!
The Molecular Imaging Center is excited to announce that the Airyscan Fast Module has been installed and is ready to use on the Zeiss LSM 880 (aka “Trinity“). The Airyscan, described in more detail in this post, works by imaging the full Airy disk onto a 32-channel array detector. The Fast Module takes a similar approach by shaping […]
Two Successful Events Kick Off 2016 at the MIC
2016 is off to a fantastic start at the Molecular Imaging Center! The MIC and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, together with UC Berkeley faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and corporate partners, taught the inaugural 4D Advanced Microscopy in Brain Circuits course, January 10-16, 2016. According to course’s 16 students, who came from all over the country (5 were from UCB), it […]
Inaugural MIC Image Contest!
The Molecular Imaging Center is excited to announce its first ever Image Contest! Any images acquired on MIC instruments are eligible. Winning images will be featured in the 2016 MIC Wall Calendar (also a first) as well as on the MIC and Open MIC sites. Thanks to generous sponsorship by Zeiss Microscopy, we will offer […]
Introducing the Zeiss-Berkeley BrainMIC
We are extremely excited to announce the “grand opening” of the Zeiss Brain Innovation Center (BrainMIC), a new public-private partnership between Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, and the University of California, Berkeley. For details on the partnership and future plans, please see the press releases from the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Zeiss Microscopy.
New Instruments in 2015!
New for 2015: Automated Slide Scanning with the Zeiss Axio Scan.Z1 (a.k.a. BayMax). This instrument features 100-slide capacity, and brightfield and fluorescent imaging at 5X, 10X, and 20X magnifications. It’s set up and ready to use in LSA 251. Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM): we’ve acquired a second Zeiss LightSheet Z.1 equipped for […]
AIM 2015 is 1 month away!
The 12th Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop will be held February 4 – 6, 2015. Register before January 23 for discounted registration fee: http://www.cvent.com/d/g4qcy4/1Q Speakers for 2015 include:
Bitplane Imaris Workshop: Register Now!
The MIC will be hosting a 2-day mini workshop on Imaris software with the Bitplane representatives on December 3rd and 4th. There will be 2 morning seminars – one for beginners and those who need a refresher, and a second to learn about more advanced features. The afternoons will be dedicated to working one-on-one with you on […]
The MIC is getting a new instrument – a slide scanner!
The MIC will be incorporating a new type of imaging system in October. The Zeiss Axio Scan Z1 is an automated slide scanning system capable of scanning up to 100 1×3 slides in brightfield and fluorescence at high and low magnification. Installation and training for the system will begin soon. Please contact Holly to learn […]
Introducing iLab
We are soon transitioning the facility to a new online reservation and billing system called iLab. This new system will greatly improve the efficiency of our operations and better allow us to track instrument usage. Currently, only certain test users have been invited to use the iLab system, but we anticipate that all users will […]
