Nikon BioImaging Centers

Nikon has established a number of facilities around the world to help local scientific communities gain access to the latest bioscience imaging and optical technologies. These centers and laboratories enable industry professionals, researchers, scholars, and trainees to enhance their research capabilities and provide Nikon with feedback for future product development.

Nikon Imaging Centers & Nikon Centers of Excellence

Collaborations with select research institutes

Nikon Imaging Centers and Centers of Excellence are state-of-the-art imaging facilities established as a partnership between key research institutes around the world and Nikon. The mission of these centers is to contribute to the development of cutting edge research and to serve as a hub for educating the surrounding community on the fundamentals of microscopy and the latest advances in imaging technology.

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Nikon Microscopy Ambassadors

Collaborations with exceptional researchers

Nikon Microscopy Ambassadors are esteemed scientists, researchers, educators, and professionals who have demonstrated excellence in their respective fields of microscopy. They are passionate advocates for advancing scientific discovery and innovation through the use of Nikon microscopy solutions. They conduct groundbreaking research, educate future generations of scientists, and collaborate with Nikon to develop cutting-edge microscopy technologies.

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Prof. Dr. G.V. Shivashankar

Nikon Ambassador for Multiscale Correlative Imaging. Full Professor of Mechano-Genomics at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich and Head, Laboratory of Multiscale Bioimaging, Center for Life Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland. 

System portfolio:

Research areas:

  • Multiscale and multimodal analysis of nuclear mechano-genomics
  • Mechano-genomics of cellular aging and rejuvenation
  • AI-based chromatin imaging biomarkers for healthy aging and disease

Website: Prof. Dr. G.V. Shivashankar

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Dr. Sylvia E. Le Dévédec

Nikon Ambassador for Functional High-Content Imaging. Associate Professor in Cell Systems and Drug Safety at LACDR (Leiden University), leading the High-Content Imaging Platform at the Leiden Cell Observatory and the High-Throughput Microscopy Node of NL-BioImaging, while advancing microscopy quality, reproducibility, and imaging infrastructure through Euro-BioImaging and QUAREP-LiMi.

Nikon system portfolio:

Research areas:

  • Advanced light microscopy, high‑content imaging, and image analysis
  • Assay development for 2D/3D phenotypic screening with a focus on stem cell derived models
  • Integration of multi‑omics data and data management
  • Optical metabolic imaging for cancer research and safety assessment

Website: Sylvia Le Dévédec - Leiden University
 

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Professor Friedemann Kiefer

Nikon Ambassador for Multiphoton & Intravital Imaging. Professor of Intravital Molecular Imaging at the University of Munster. Unparalleled experience and knowledge of imaging challenges  in tissue and intravital multiphoton imaging on a wide variety of model organisms validated by numerous high-impact scientific publications.

System portfolio: Nikon's AX R MP multiphoton system

Research areas:

  • Development, morphogenesis and maintenance of lymphatic vessels
  • Interplay of hypoxia, the vascular systems and leukocytes in different physiological and pathological settings and its relevance for organ function

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Dr. Kevin Richetin

Nikon Ambassador for Cell Imaging and Analysis for Neuroscience. Head of research on the neurobiology of aging at the Centre for Psychiatric Neurosciences and the Leenaards Memory Centre (Lausanne University Hospital - CHUV)

System Portfolio: ECLIPSE Ji with AX Confocal, ECLIPSE Ti2; ECLIPSE Ni-E with Crest-V3, extensive use of GA3 and JOBS

Research Areas:

  • Neuroscience on Alzheimer’s disease
  • Development of tools for neurodegenerative diseases

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Professor Sylvain Gabriele

Nikon Ambassador for Advanced 3D Imaging in Mechanobiology. Research Francqui Professor and Head of the SYMBIOSE Lab at the University of Mons. President of the Research Institute for Biosciences.

System portfolio: Nikon ECLIPSE Ji-AX, Nikon ECLIPSE Ti2E-A1R HD25 confocal microscope, Nikon C1 confocal, NIS-Elements AR with GA3 and JOBS

Research areas:

  • Mechanobiology of cellular force sensing and transduction
  • Cellular dynamics under mechanical constraints
  • Bioengineering matrices and microsystems
  • Advanced 3D cell culture systems

Website: SYMBIOSE Lab

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