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.

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Contract research/imaging facilities

Nikon BioImaging Labs provide contract research services for microscope-based imaging and analysis to the biotech, pharma, and larger research communities. Each lab's full-service capabilities include access to cutting-edge microscopy instrumentation and software, but also the services of expert biologists and microscopists, who are available to provide quality cell culture, sample preparation, data acquisition, and data analysis services.

Services may vary by laboratory.

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.

Newest Centers

Europa

Americas

Asia

Oceania

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Product demonstration centers featuring the latest Nikon equipment

Nikon showrooms provide on-site demonstration capabilities for Nikon's cutting-edge imaging systems, including technologies such as: large field of view confocal imaging with photomanipulation, high speed total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) imaging, NIS-Elements software with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven acquisition and analysis, and high-content screening.

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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Professor Friedemann Kiefer

Nikon's first Ambassador for Multiphoton Microscopy. 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

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: Ti2; 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 C2 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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