Center for Cell Imaging
The Center for Cell Imaging (CCI) is a multi-user facility offering advanced microscopic techniques to scientists of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and faculties affiliated with the Utrecht Life Sciences. The CCI is run by expert microscopists that provide training and assistance. Its aim is to promote the use of advanced imaging by the scientific community. To do so, we provide scientific advice and supply training on CCI equipment to efficiently produce imaging data.
Furthermore, we offer our expertise and network to strengthen grant applications by including new developments in imaging technology.
To optimally support users, we supply individual training sessions that allow users to work independently within a few hours. We recommend users to work with their own samples during these instructions to ensure that settings of microscopes are optimal to obtain useful data straight away.
To allow evaluation of productivity and thus continuation of financial support for equipment we ask users to acknowledge us in published material. An example could be:
“Images were acquired at the Center for Cellular Imaging (CCI) in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht and we thank … for help and technical advice”. When staff members contribute significantly to published work we rely on the scientific integrity of the authors to obtain co-authorships in return.
Instrument booking via online agenda
Reserve a scope (link)
Contact information
Esther van ‘t Veld - Fluorescence microscopy
phone: +31 (0) 30 -253 7704
click here to e-mail Esther van 't Veld at the CCI
Rob Bleumink – Cryostates / histological and fluorescent imaging
phone: +31 (0) 30 - 253 5296
(present on monday and wednesday afternoon)
click here to e-mail Rob Bleumink at the CCI
Richard Wubbolts – advice on experimental procedures/strategies
and grant applications
phone: +31 (0) 30 - 253 4308
click here to e-mail Richard Wubbolts at the CCI
Microscopes and Microtomes
Microscopes
- Leica TCS SPE-II confocal laser scanning-micoroscope on a DMI4000
- Bio-Rad 2100MP multiphoton micorsocope on a NIKON TE300
( Tsunami fs)
- Olympus BX60 fluorescence microscope with color CCD camera
(Leica DFC425C)
- LEICA DM-RE fluorescence microscope with Photmetrics Coolsnap
FX CCD camera
- *Leica DM-RA fluorenscence microscope for cytogenetic analyses
(Genus software)
- *JPK Nanowizard II Atomic Force Microscope mounted onto a Nikon
Eclipse TI
* These microscopes require special training and permission to work on,
see contact information at the description pages of the microscopes
Microtomes
Traceable Publications (pdf)