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Enable the best imaging science at VIB!

The VIB Bio Imaging Core-Leuven goal is to support imaging from in vitro to in vivo, from the meso to the Ångström scale, and from morphology to mechanism. It is our mission to facilitate science and provide access to know-how and measurement time on state-of-the-art microscopes. We have ample solutions available, including confocal microscopes, slide scanning, high content screening, and 3D whole organ imaging. We take pride in our support for image analysis both with infrastructure and expertise, and we connect with our EM infrastructure.

"By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding.”
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (1667). “Micrographia: Or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon”, p.18
Phalloidin, clathrin labeled cell imaged on Nikon nSIM S (EDF, 100x) in 3D-SIM mode.
Abril Escamilla Ayala
Superresolution Expert, BIC Leuven
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Ample training opportunities are available. Don't hesitate to contact us for more information.
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Our diverse team of microscopists and image analysis specialists is always ready for a new challenge!
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VIB Bioimaging core Leuven

About the Core

The VIB Bioimaging Core Leuven goal is to support imaging from in vitro to in vivo, from the meso to the Ångström scale, and from morphology to mechanism. It is our mission to facilitate science and provide access to know-how and measurement time on state-of-the-art microscopes. We have ample solutions available, including confocal microscopes, slide scanning, high content screening, and 3D whole organ imaging. We take pride in our support for image analysis both with infrastructure and expertise, and we connect with our EM infrastructure that offers a wide variety of techniques for sample prep and imaging including SEM, TEM and CLEM.

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Contact Info

VIB Bioimaging Core Leuven
Herestraat 49 Box 602
ON5 room 04.367
3000 Leuven
Belgium

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Phalloidin, clathrin labeled cell imaged on Nikon nSIM S (EDF, 100x) in TIRF-SIM mode.
Abril Escamilla Ayala
Superresolution Expert, BIC Leuven