This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
The Queensland Brain Institute contains Advanced Microscopy Facility that is one of the largest and most diverse light microscopy facilities in the Southern hemisphere.
Built over 20 high-end instruments, it offers researchers access to state-of-the-art imaging technologies, leading visualization software and experienced staff for training, user support and experiment advice. The facility’s capabilities allow 3D imaging of whole brains through to sub-cellular structures within neurons with techniques such as:
Many of the instruments have been designed to allow imaging of live neurons and organisms to allow the study of dynamic processes related to neuroscience research such as axon regeneration and neuronal survival. Researchers are supported by cloud-based deconvolution and image segmentation and analysis using Huygens Professional, Ilastik, CellProfiler, Imaris and Amira hosted on a GPU cluster and remote access data storage and management.
The full list of facilities available at the the Queensland Brain Institute is available here.
The full list of technologies and services at the Advanced Microscopy Facility is available here.
Queensland Brain Institute: https://qbi.uq.edu.au/
Advanced Microscopy Facility: https://qbi.uq.edu.au/research/facilities/microscopy-facility
Aspects related to user access
Core facility management
Quality Management
Software tools
Image data storage and analysis
Hands-on Custom-built two-photon scanned light-sheet microscope, LSM 710 confocal/two-photon, Elyra SIM/PALM/STORM, Roper iLas2 sptPALM, Diskovery spinning disk confocal, Yokogawa spinning disk confocal, Metafer automatic slide scanners and various wide-field instruments
Weekly neuroscience seminars
Other seminars, workshops, symposia at the University of Queensland
Facility manager
Imaging specialist
2 weeks
