Wolfson Imaging Centre
Facility Team
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Jana Koth
Imaging Facility Manager
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Cyril (Pok Yui) Lai
Assistant Imaging Facility Manager
The Wolfson Imaging Centre is a managed open-access light microscopy core facility, containing a wide range of state-of-the-art wide-field, confocal and super-resolution light microscopes suitable for imaging specimens from single cells to intact tissues and whole specimens.
For general enquiries contact microscopy@imm.ox.ac.uk
The Wolfson Imaging Centre houses a variety of state-of-the art widefield, confocal and super-resolution microscopes, accessible to both internal and external users as well as industrial partners. Uniquely, the Facility houses the only commercial STED microscope open to users at the University of Oxford, offering advanced, super-resolution imaging solutions for cutting-edge research projects. Facility staff can provide training to allow independent use of the equipment and are also available for advice regarding experiment design, data acquisition and analysis. We actively collaborate and share resources with the Micron Imaging Facility in the Department of Biochemistry and the Sir William Dunn School for Pathology Bioimaging Facility. The Facility staff further interact regularly with similar facilities in the Department of Oncology, the Kennedy Institute, the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and more. |
This Facility is proud to have achieved a LEAF Gold Award for 2024. |
© Jana KothConfocal laser scanning microscope image of a 10-day-old zebrafish, expressing green fluorescent protein under the kdrl-gene promoter outlining the vasculature and dsRed protein under the gata1-gene promoter labeling red blood cells. Image provided by Jana Koth.
Training
Equipment
Protocols
Image Analysis
Facility users can get access to a high end image analysis workstation with several image processing and analysis software to choose from.
Instrument Booking
Facility users can book instruments and workstations that they have been trained on using Agendo.
Please email microscopy@imm.ox.ac.uk stating your name and your PI/supervisor (grant holder) to request an Agendo account for instrument booking if you do not have one yet.
Internal Users
Visit our intranet page for more details on our equipment, pricing and SOPs.
Oxford Bioimaging Network
The Wolfson Imaging Centre is part of the Oxford Bioimaging Network, a group of Light Microscopy Facilities across Oxford. The facility managers of the Bioimaging network regularly meet to discuss common problems and exchange ideas and techniques. The Network also jointly organizes a variety of Microscopy and Image analysis online courses as well as advanced imaging techniques online courses and demonstrations.
Oxford Microscopy Courses & Lectures
The Oxford Light Microscopy Facilities regularly present a variety of Microscopy and Image analysis online courses as well as advanced imaging techniques online courses and demonstrations.
Funding
The Wolfson Imaging Centre was established in 2012 with funding from the Wolfson Foundation.
Visit our Funding page for more details on how our facility has been supported over the years.
Acknowledge the Facility
When using facility instruments, any resulting publications or presentations should in some form acknowledge the Wolfson Imaging Centre. Please consider using some of the following text:
We would like to acknowledge Jana Koth/Cyril Lai from the MRC WIMM Wolfson Imaging Centre for providing experimental advice/image data acquisition services/technical expertise/scientific input**. The facility is supported by the MRC TIDU; MRC MHU (MC_UU_12009); ), John Fell Fund (12258), MRC MR/X012743/1 grant, and by the MRC WIMM Strategic Alliance awards G0902418 and MC_UU_12025.
(**Please delete named staff and services as required.)