Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM) and CVRI
The Center for Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM), previous known as the Nikon Imaging Center at UCSF, at UCSF provides cutting-edge light microscopy instrumentation to UCSF researchers and to the larger Bay Area scientific community. We are open to both academic and industrial researchers. We provide microscopy training and education and can provide assistance with experiment design, data acquisition, and image analysis. Typically, we train users and the end user operates the microscope, but we can also collect data for you. We also support the CVRI Microscopy Core.
Laboratory for Cell Analysis (LCA)
The LCA-microscopy mission is to assist the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and wider UCSF community with microscopy instrumentation and imaging support.
We offer state of the art confocal, multiphoton, and high throughput imaging, as well as a number of diverse basic microscopy equipment, and assistance with experimental design, instrument operation and data analysis.
Our main facility is located on the third floor of the Hellen Diller Cancer research building at 4150 3rd street on the Mission Bay campus.
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/research/cores/lca/lca-microscopy
Gladstone Histology and Light Microscopy Core (HLMC)
The Histology and Light Microscopy Core provides technical assistance, training, consultation and assistance with all aspects of experimental design, sample preparation, image processing, and data analysis to scientists from Gladstone, UCSF, and the Bay Area scientific community. The Core is equipped with expertise in sophisticated histological techniques including complex immunolabeling and histological image analysis, high-resolution imaging, confocal microscopy, light-sheet microscopy, spinning disk microscopy, and optical projection tomography and advanced image analysis.
https://labs.gladstone.org/histology/index.html
Innovation Core at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Formally designated a Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence, the Microscopy suite of the Innovation Core provides access to cutting-edge light microscopy instrumentation, including high-throughput, confocal, superresolution, and lifetime imaging. The core provides access and support to scientists at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences, the wider UCSF community, and the Bay Area scientific community.
https://weill.ucsf.edu/light-microscopy
Parnassus Advanced Light Microscopy (PALM) CoLab
The Parnassus Advanced Light Microscopy (PALM), formally the Biological Imaging Development Center (BIDC), is an interdisciplinary center configured to assemble, test, and apply emerging light microscopy techniques and technologies. It is designed to serve two roles: a conduit for new optical imaging technology and as a site for technology development. The center also seeks to provide centralized space, personnel, and technical tools toward advancing optical imaging in the biological sciences.
MLK Core Facility (MLK Cores)
The UCSF MLK Core Facility (MLK Cores) is located within the UCSF Martin Luther King Jr Research Building in Oakland, between the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and UC Berkeley campuses. MLK Cores contains a range of scientific instrumentation in the areas of Cytometry, Microscopy, and Spectrometry. The mission of MLK Cores is to provide analysis, support, and training services to UC laboratories, while also being available to external users on a fee-for-service basis.