Illumination Program

Are you a life science start-up or scale-up business based in The U.K.? Looking for help answering your microscopy imaging and analysis issues? Our free Illumination program will support you through your microscopy journey.

Quantitative microscopy plays a vital role in various sectors including biotech and pharma, agritech, cosmetics, and many more. In the last decade, microscopy and image analysis has made rapid advances to meet the increasing demands of biology, from imaging complex models such as organoids and organ-on-chip models, high-content imaging, nanoscale imaging to visualise structures and more. One major bottleneck to apply these technologies, especially for early-stage companies, is access to the right equipment, expertise required to run it and time it takes to design scalable assays. This is where being part of our Illumination program can help.

What are the benefits of the program?

Cutting-edge Technology

As a member of the program, you will receive preferred pricing on Nikon products and Services! In addition, Nikon BioImaging Lab will provide free pilot data for early-stage companies at funding stage.

Expertise

Free consultations from Nikon experts are available to members of the program, as well as access to the Nikon Knowledge Hub. Nikon will also provide early access and discounted pricing for Nikon-led events.

Collaboration & Community

Nikon will offer you the opportunity to showcase your business to the life science ecosystem through Nikon BioImaging Lab days, and allow you to become part of a growing community of start-up to foster further collaboration with other members of the program.

Interested in joining? Complete our form below and one of our experts will contact you to discuss the program further.

Research Areas

  • Drug Discovery
  • Basic Research
  • Gene Expression
  • Digital Pathology
  • Immuno-oncology
  • Spatial Biology
  • Histology
  • Toxicology
  • Cell Biology
  • 3D Culture Systems

Imaging Capabilities

  • 4 – 100X Objectives with water, silicone, and oil immersion options
  • Incubation
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Brightfield contrast (Phase, DIC NAMC)
  • Widefield
  • Confocal
  • Super-resolution confocal (NSPARC)
  • Automated imaging
  • Image analysis

NBIL Study Topics

  • Live-cell imaging
  • Size and morphology analysis
  • Cell counting
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Transfection efficiency
  • Fluorescence intensity measurement
  • Apoptosis
  • DNA damage
  • Nuclear translocation
  • Autophagy
  • Endocytosis
  • Phagocytosis
  • Mitochondrial analysis
  • Chromogenic staining
  • Immunofluorescence

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