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Abbelight DNA-PAINT workshop
Dear Users
from April 16 - 18, 2024, there will be a super interesting workshop from one of the world leading microscope manufacturer Abbelight at CSSB with a focus on DNA-PAINT.
DNA-PAINT is a powerful super-resolution light microscopy technique that might be rather easy to use and allowed multiplex imaging. This approach achieves a resolution of a few ten nm (https://www.abbelight.com/dna-paint/).
Please be aware that UMIF has a super resolution microscope of Abbelight!!!!!
If you are interested in this technique, please join an online prep meeting on March 14, 2024 at 16:00. During the prep meeting the technique will be explained and we can discuss experiments that you might want to carry out with your own samples. Abbelight can then provide DNA-PAINT staining reagents that you can use beforehand and then measure your samples at the workshop.
If you want to join the workshop and/or the online prep meeting, please send an email to
Please diffuse this information to anyone might be interested, this is a unique chance to use.
Best wishes
Antonio Virgilio Failla
LIV-Symposium Viruses, Imaging & Materials
Dear users,
A very Interesting symposium with exceptional guests will take place at LIV (for more information please have a look at the flyer). Registration can be accomplished following the indication on the flyer. Please diffuse this information to every one who might be interested.
Best wishes
Antonio Virgilio Failla
Compact and powerful temperature control device from Interherence Gmbh
Dear users,
Interherence GmbH is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. Their product, VAHEAT, is a very interesting compact and powerful device to control the temperature of your sample during live imaging. This device can be customized on any microscope allowing the opportunity to have live cell imaging also in microscopes that does not have a proper incubator (for more information please have a look at the flyer ). Please diffuse this information to anyone who might be interested but not belonging to the imaging facility. If you express your interest in testing the device by emailing me (
Best wishes
Antonio Virgilio Failla
Compact setup for in vivo imaging made by Optiscan
Dear users,
Depending on your interest we might be entitled to test a very important compact setup for in vivo imaging made by Optiscan (for more information please have a look at the flyer). Please consider this setup might be useful also to colleagues working in the hospital and that are not using the imaging facility. Please do not hesitate to diffuse to them this information.
If interest from you arises please contact me (
Best wishes
Antonio Virgilio Failla
User Number 1000 Prize and Celebration
Dear users,
Thanks to all of you the light microscopy facility has achieved incredible milestones, personal as well as scientific.
We are aiming to celebrate with all of you one of those: our user number 1000.
The user number 1000 prize will be given on Friday 01.03.2024 in seminar room 14 at 5pm.
The user number 1000 prize will give us the chance to organize a buffet with Italian Chinese, German and maybe also your favorite food.....
In order to organize food and drinks If you wish to participate (and you are all super warmly invited to do so) please register on this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bIfcwO1KOWy__x2AMLd5_G0pjNjzVnJhm0tXA_WxvYo/edit?usp=sharing
As you can see from the registration form if you wish you can join us preparing some food but this is a free willing option
We are looking forward to share with you good food and mood
best wishes
Antonio Virgilio Failla