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The (Bio)imaging Facility team supports scientists at IST Austria by providing a elaborate machine park with state-of-the-art microscope equipment, flow devices and diverse image analysis options.

Machine park: Our machine park consists of a wide selection of imaging platforms, such as: Widefield, Confocal, Multiphoton, Spinning disc, TIRF, Light sheet, Force probing, Bioluminescence imaging, as well as Fluorescence-Assisted Cell Analyser and -Sorters, and Image analysis workstations with advanced software options. For advanced applications, additional accessories, optical tools and high-end objectives are available via our Automated Rental System.

Imaging applications: Our machine park offers a wide spectrum of imaging applications for fixed-tissue slide-scanning, live imaging (+ climate control: temperature, humidity, CO2/O2), Fluorescent Life-time Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) & time-gated acquisition, Laser Assisted Microdissection & Fluorescent Recovery After Photobleach (FRAP), Multi-angle (360°) TIRF, Super resolution (Airyscan I & II, SORA, SRRF-stream, dSTROM), Second Harmonics Generation Microscopy (SHG), Wavelength profiling (excitation & emission Lambda scans).

Teach and Tech: The (bio-)imaging facility further provides trainings, courses, instrument demonstrations, workshops and is involved in outreach events. We offer advanced expertise in Fluorescence-assisted cells sorting services (FACS), custom Image Analysis (deconvolution, scripting, machine learning), project based imaging automation (feedback microscopy) solutions on a broad selection of imaging platforms and custom optical development services.

For specific further facility details, please visit the Bioimaging Facility web page:
bif.pages.ist.ac.at

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Services

The Bioimaging Facility team provides the following services:

Basic and advanced application trainings for best use of Bioimaging equipment
Support in Cytometry, Microscopy and Image Analysis applications
Project-based customization in:
- optical design
- automation
- image analysis (incl. custom image analysis scripts and machine learning)
- flow cytometry analysis

To use our services, the following steps are needed:

Contact our team at bioimaging@ist.ac.at; (for external customers only: cooperation contract between IST Austria and your institution is necessary before you can obtain services)
All users need to obtain special training from a Bioimaging Facility staff member for any piece of equipment that is required in your research. The training is obligatory before you use any piece of equipment for the first time.
Detailed guidelines can be found here