Our move has been postponed to mid-September.
We will move back to our original location in the basement of BioSci Building sometime after summer. Some downtime of the equipment will be expected in September. Please plan your experiment. We will keep you updated the situation of move and equipment through the website, online booking calendar and emails. Please feel free to contact […]
FOSI seminar in the LSI room LSC1 on June 18th (Tuesday) at 2pm
The FOSI organizing committee invites you to attend a seminar by the esteemed Dr. Eric Betzig titled “Imaging Cellular Structure and Dynamics from Molecules to Organisms.” The presentation will take place on June 18that 2:00pm in the Life Sciences Centre, in LSC 1. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided! Dr. Betzig is a leader […]
Seminar on X-ray micro-CT and digital design, May 7th at 12pm, Caseroom, Centre for Advanced Wood Processing
InterPore Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecture Series on Porous Media Science Technology Professor Mark Knackstedt, Research School of Physics ad Engineering, The Australian National University Digital materials design (DMD) coupled with new manufacturing techniques are emerging technologies that have the potential to revolutionize product realization on a global scale. The Economist magazine likened the emergence of these […]
Join us for a FREE Hands-on Workshop on Olympus Light/Fluorescence BX53 microscope (May 13th, 2019)!
We have a New Olympus Light/Fluorescence BX53 microscope! And with a fond farewell, we have decommissioned the venerable Zeiss Axioplan2 after 18 years of service at the BIF. What’s new about Olympus BX53 upright microscope? – a fully motorized X-Y Prior sample stage for image stitching, tiling & multi-position acquisition. – a DP80 Dual-chip high-resolution […]
SPOTLIGHT: Plants have unique aspects of the spatiotemporal regulation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and plasma membrane (PM) connectivity in response to the environmental stress.
April 2019, written by Adrian Li & Dr. Eunkyoung Lee BIF equipment used : Olympus FV1000 confocal microscope, PE Spinning disk confocal microscope Plants sense and respond to changes of environmental conditions, such as drought, extreme temperatures, and salinity. At the intercellular level, highlycoordinated stress response occurs among various organelles. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a […]
Register FREE AMIRA workshop (May 24th 2-5pm)
AMIRA is a powerful imaging software for 3D reconstruction and image analysis. This software is available in the UBC Bioimaging facility as well as in the Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics (CHTP). This half-day workshop will consist of a brief presentation and hands-on exercises intended for new and existing users of Thermo Scientific™ Amira for Cell […]
FOSI seminar in the LSI room LSC1 on June 18th (Tuesday) at 2pm
The FOSI organizing committee invites you to attend a seminar by the esteemed Dr. Eric Betzig titled “Imaging Cellular Structure and Dynamics from Molecules to Organisms.” The presentation will take place on June 18that 2:00pm in the Life Sciences Centre, in LSC 1. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided! Dr. Betzig is a leader […]
Copp Lecture Dr. Gokhan S. Hotamisligil on April 16th at 4pm, LSC2.
Please join us for the seminar, Metabolic Biology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Health and Disease, by Dr. Gokhan S. Hotamisligil on April 16th at 4pm at LSC2!
SPOTLIGHT: Structure of carbonaceous aggregate size may be affected by the method of combustion.
February 2019, written by Adrian Li & Dr. Alberto Baldelli BIF equipment used : Hitachi H7600, FEI Tecnai G2, ThermoFisher Inspect 3D, AMIRA Carbonaceous aggregates are produced from a combustion process. Their nano-range dimension and their chemical structure make these carbonaceous aggregate harmful to the human health and the environment. Prior studies suggest that nano-sized […]