Beatson Advanced Imaging Resource (BAIR)
lab shot bair.jpgThe Beatson Advanced Imaging Resource provides a full range of support from basic imaging to the development of advanced applications. We specialise in live cell imaging and mouse in vivo imaging, using a variety of techniques including photo-activation and photo-bleaching, FLIM and FRET.

Access

  • Priority given to Beatson users, followed by University of Glasgow
  • Outside access primarily on a collaborative basis

Expertise

  • Live cell imaging, including time and frequency domain FLIM, TIRF, photo-activation, photo-bleaching and photo-conversion
  • Mouse in vivo imaging, including collagen SHG and use of photo-activation and photo-bleaching, FLIM and FRET

Confocal Microscopy

Olympus FV1000 (x2)
Nikon A1R
Leica TCS SP2
Zeiss LSM 710
 
           

Live Cell

Custom TIRF
Olympus / Volocity deconvolution system
Micro-injection
Medium Throughput Long Term Time Lapse (x4)
 

FLIM

LaVision Bio-Tec TRIM scope
Lambert Instruments custom Spinning Disk
Lambert Instruments custom TIRF
Leica TCS SP2 with Becker & Hickle TCSPC 730
 
 

Other

Olympus OV100
Leica AF6000 micro-dissection
FacsAria
Upright stands for histology and immunofluorescence (x4)
Off-line image analysis (x8)