News archive

CBI has a new website!

Welcome to the new CBI website, please have a look around. There is a lot of the same information the old website had but a lot more sleek and modern.

New confocal in the CBI

Yesterday we installed another Nikon A1 confocal in the CBI, this system is in the same room as the FV3000. it is working beautifully and is both a galvo and resonant scanning system. Essentialy the same as the spectral…

CBI EM lab using PITT iLABS for Billing

The CBI EM lab will now be using iLABS for billing. (see link for signing up). Please reach out to the EM staff for help with the changes and if you are a new client of our EM services, please reach out to the Faculty…

the new NIE-II slide scanner

We have a really really cool new slide scanner for both bright field and fluorescence. 8 slides, fully automatic... Amazing fluorescence scans with no pincushioning or stitching artefacts. Ask Katherine for training. It…

EM usage policy changes for the CBI

Our EM usage policy has changed significantly. Have a look at the usage policy page to see what is different

Gotta love another paper in Nature.. well done Rod and team

Tremendous news.. the CBI was awarded another NIH S10 grant for a new confocal microscope today

Keep your eyes peeled and be ready to integrate a brand new very high end confocal system into your work. It will be installed in the Satellite facility this summer. Once its in place we will let you know so you can…

Iana's and Alan's next magnum opus

Fantastic and massive piece of work really highlighting the power of advanced computing and large volume imaging. Its a beautiful paper. Well Done!

Associate Professor Alan Watson!!

Great news, Alans promotion to Associate professor with Tenure has been approved. When you next see him make sure you tell him "well done" This is one of the hardest academic milestones to pass. It is tremendous news!

Well done Tomasz and Prithu.

this was a heroic mountain to climb but a real contribution to the understanding of Sickle in vivo

fv5000 Demo

Everyone, starting at the end of next week we will be hosting a demo of the new Evident FV 5000. If you are interested in checking it out please contact Chip Humphries (chip.humphries@bbmicro.com) or Will Hilinski…

Another Science Paper featuring CBI faculty

Beautiful paper Steve et al! well donne

New Slide Scanner

We have a new slide scanner that we have been working on with Nikon (with the same features as the system in the link below). its listed as NIE-2 on the scheduler. It will scan 8 slides at the same time, brightfield or…

GA3 Express----calling all GA3 Mavens

We are implementing a new subscription based version of GA3 on the analysis computers today. We have the folks that developed the package in the CBI for the next two days so if you want to get into it please make sure…

Another High Profile Paper from CBI collaborators

Well done Anne and team!.. Second Harmonic Imaging grows and grows

gotta love a paper in Science

Well done Jay and everyone who contributed!!

New Publication in JCI

JCI - Kidney-specific WNK1 amplifies kidney tubule responsiveness to potassium via WNK body condensates. Well done everyone!!!!

Spectral Confocal Down

Sorry colleagues, the spectral system is still offline, we expect it to be working fully by 11/11 we are waiting for a laser replacement. If you have time booked please talk to Mark of Katherine and we will try to…