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Nikon Instruments UK opened their prestigious imaging centre at King’s College London on Friday 27th April. Opened by Professor Roger Tsien, Nobel Prize winner, University of California, San Diego and Professor Roger Morris, Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences at King’s, the Nikon Imaging Centre will allow researcher’s access to state-of-the-art technology all day, every day. The centre features a number of advanced imaging systems including Nikon’s super resolution imaging systems N-SIM and N-STORM, spinning disk confocals, point scanning confocal and a multiphoton imaging system.

Nikon’s advanced imaging systems will provide a wide variety of technology to a range of disciplines, opening up access to scientific imaging for researchers. With modern science, researchers may need to undertake different imaging techniques and with limited access to the appropriate equipment, this could be a difficult task. With the Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s, researchers have access to different imaging systems, providing them with the appropriate imaging technique. Having access to a centre like this will revolutionise and assist with scientific breakthroughs in cancer research, neuroscience and cardiovascular research etc. by meeting researchers needs.

Robert Forster, General Manager, Nikon Instruments UK commented on the opening,“Following months of preparation, Nikon are proud to be part of such a strong partnership. One of Nikon’s unwavering commitments is to the study of light and working together with King’s College London is a step closer to achieving this. By making available Nikon’s latest technology to the researchers at King’s we hope to push the boundaries of modern day science to facilitate scientific breakthroughs.”

Working in partnership with King’s, Nikon will establish a world-leading imaging centre bringing cutting-edge equipment to some of the world’s leading researchers. To ensure they would be providing the College with the right imaging systems, Nikon worked alongside key researchers in various departments including cell biology and biophysics, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases.

Dr Maddy Parsons, Director of the Centre at King’s said“Having an imaging centre which is available to such a wide range of disciplines is a truly remarkable accomplishment. Everybody knows just how important breakthroughs are in science and being able to access innovative technology is a must if we are to continue with our research. Working alongside a company such as Nikon is fantastic as we are able to provide feedback straight to Nikon’s designers and shape new technology to suit our research demands.”

The Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s is latest in the family of Nikon imaging centres across the globe, which includes Heidelberg University, Curie Institute, Harvard Medical School, University of California, Northwestern University, Hokkaido University and Singapore Bioimaging Consortium. With these imaging centres already established, going forward Nikon aims to create a network of centres to facilitate collaboration and application knowledge transfer, opening up new communication pathways for researchers across the world.