TU Dresden´s CMCB Light Microscopy Facility receives state-of-the-art microscopy system

A new large-scale research instrument is currently being installed in the Light Microscopy Facility (LMF) TU Dresden´s CMCB technology platform. "The new microscopy system offers state-of-the-art techniques for deep tissue and functional imaging as well as optogenetics. It enables fast fluorescence lifetime measurement after a single or a two photon excitation. This technology can be applied for the measurement of intracellular metabolites and the determination of variety of biophysical parameters within living cells and tissues," explains Dr. Hella Hartmann, Head of the LMF and responsible for TU Dresden´s grant application.

The laser scanning microscope of the latest generation was applied for in the tender "Novel experimental light microscopes for research" of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Groups from the Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD), the Biotechnology Centre (BIOTEC), the Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE), the Faculty of Biology and the Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden as well as the Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden supported the application with scientific project descriptions. Out of 50 applications submitted in Germany, the DFG funds only 13 projects, including the large-scale instrument at TU Dresden´s CMCB.

The microscopy system - a Leica SP8 DIVE FALCON LIGHTNING system - is available in the LMF to all scientists on campus and beyond. The LMF is part of the CMCB technology platform, which offers TU Dresden researchers and external users state-of-the-art scientific equipment and services through eleven core facilities. The joint use of the research infrastructure and the availability of scientific expertise by the facility employees enable synergy effects, promote the transfer of knowledge and technology and serve the economic handling of resources within DRESDEN-concept alliance. The LMF is part of the Biopolis Dresden Imaging Platform (BioDIP), which is a project of DRESDEN-concept.

Media inquiries:
Dr. Hella Hartmann
Tel.: 0 351 463-40230

http://biotp.tu-dresden.de/facilities/advanced-imaging/light-microscopy/services/

About CMCB:
The Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) focuses on interdisciplinary research and teaching in the life sciences. As a central unit of TU Dresden, the CMCB combines the interdisciplinary institutes B CUBE, BIOTEC and CRTD, and has close links to multiple schools and faculties at TU Dresden. The CMCB aims at creating synergies among intra- and extramural institutes in Dresden to provide an internationally orientated academic environment with cutting-edge research and innovative teaching programs at all levels. State-of-the-art technologies are made available to the TU Dresden campus as well as to DRESDEN-concept partners via a wide range of high-end core facilities, and innovative discoveries will be developed further towards commercial applications. Administrative support is provided to all CMCB research groups by centralized service units, which act as interfaces to the central administration of TU Dresden. www.tu-dresden.de/cmcb