ZMBH - Imaging Facility

The ZMBH Imaging Facility provides scientific and technical support in basic and advanced light microscopy and digital image processing. A diverse collection of light microscopes is available to the user including widefield and confocal systems for brightfield and fluorescence applications. We provide courses in light microscopy for undergraduate students and offer application trainings to members and guests of the institute. Contact Equipment Image acquisition and data analysis Courses / Training / Teaching Microscope Booking
Winner of the 2009 Picture Award (awarded pictures of the past)

		Surprising world of lymphatic vessels by Sila Appak (AG Augustin, DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance) 3D immunoflorescence picture of subcutaneous blood and lymph vessels in the mouse ear. Lymphatic vessels stained against LYVE-1 (red) are much larger than blood vessels stained against CD31 (green). The whole mount micrograph shows the expression of the endothelial cell marker CD31 (green) in lymphatic endothelial cells (red). The image was taken on an Olympus IX81 inverted microscope.

ZMBH - Central Services - Imaging Facility