Lund University Bioimaging Center

LBIC

Is a part of:
The Swedish Bioimaging network
The international network: EATRIS

Lund University Bioimaging Centre, LBIC, is a national infrastructure within the Medical Faculty at Lund University. The overall goal is to help leading the way towards future scientific breakthroughs by enabling cutting-edge bioimaging techniques to be part of your research project!

LBIC provide access to a large variety of advanced imaging equipment and cutting-edge bioimaging techniques, ranging from micro to macro. The infrastructure is built up by different facilities covering all types of bioimaging research:
− Microscopy
− Preclinical Nuclear Medicine
− Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
− Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
− The national 7Tesla Facility
− Analysis & Visualization

Dedicated and highly experienced staff scientists can offer support throughout the entire experimental process – from study design to data handling. LBIC is also offering training, support, workshops and seminars. Our services are available to users from academia, industry and health care and regardless of your particular field of research, you are welcome to seek support from any of our facilities!

Microscopy facility
Offer support in all stages of your project including; planning, sample preparation and optimization, optical clearing of larger samples, fluorescent probe selection, image acquisition, and image analysis. We have:
1. A fully equipped Histology Laboratory with instruments available for users at hourly rates are cryostat (Leica), vibrotome and paraffin embedding system. User training is provided on request.
2. An advanced Light Microscopy Unit with two confocal microscopes, one wide-field fluorescence microscope, one combined TIRF/STORM (super resolution) microscope and one Light sheet microscope. We also provide access to an automated live-cell imaging system and an Advanced live-cell microscope in a Biosafety Level 2 laboratory.
3. An Electron Microscopy Unit with a Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and a Scanning electron microscope (SEM), both specifically equipped to image biological samples.

Preclinical Nuclear Medicine
Offer support in all stages of the project including planning of your research projects, sample preparation, image acquisition and image analysis. The staff consists of well-experienced researchers with deep expertise across a wide range of advanced techniques within the field of preclinical nuclear medicine. We have:
1. A fully equipped Radiochemistry Laboratory for preparation of radioactively labelled substances
2. An Imaging Laboratory with three different imaging systems for in vivo and in vitro imaging.
a. μPET/CT
b. μSPECT/CT
c. Ultra-high resolution μCT

Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Offer a modern and robust imaging MRI system (9.4T) and staff with many years of practical experience in a wide variety of MR-applications. High-quality images of small animals and excised tissue can be obtained. The availability of a so-called cryo-coil further boosts the image quality for mouse imaging and small ex-vivo samples. Advanced MRI analysis of data is available on request.

Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The facility, housed within the Dept. of Medical Imaging and Physiology at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, is equipped with several modern 1,5 and 3 Tesla MR scanners.

The national 7Tesla Platform facility
Offer equipment for brain, knee, wrist, breast and abdominal imaging, fMRI stimuli and eye tracking as well as clinical devices, such as contrast injector and ventilator. Dedicated and experienced staff can offer support in project setup, scanning and development. Users can get training in using the system independently, including safety procedures, subject handling, and running the MR-scanner. The system is owned by LBIC and operates within the Center for Imaging and Function at Skåne University Hospital in Lund.

Analysis & Visualization facility provides the support and training you need to perform state-of-the-art analyses on your image data. Whether you are looking for training on how to use existing software solutions or help in preparing your images or 3D models for publication, we can help you get your analysis running. Please visit our website for inspiration!