Expertise

Leave Your Bioimaging Needs in the Hands of the Experts

With locations across Europe in Leiden, Heidelberg, Basel and Cambridge, the Nikon BioImaging Lab provides advanced imaging services tailored to your specific needs. Whether you are working with tissues or cultures, NBIL is the perfect imaging partner for you.

We understand your science is unique. At the Nikon BioImaging Lab, we have a team of highly experienced scientists ready to turn your vision into quantitative data. We have experience ranging from single molecule assays, cell culture in 2D and 3D, organoids and spheroids, to complex thick tissues, as well as MPS (organ-on-a-chip microphysiological systems). With all of our expertise, we are confident that Nikon is the ideal imaging partner to support your research.

Expert Imaging Support, On Demand

Nikon is on hand to provide expert imaging and analysis required to meet your research demands. Our team of biologists and microscopy imaging professionals have extensive expertise in experimental design and execution. Customers have the opportunity to mix and match services and service levels to best match their research needs and budget.

Accelerate Your Research

Nikon's unique combination of advanced imaging hardware and scientific expertise enables us to set up and execute your imaging solution in record time.

Advanced Imaging Equipment

Nikon microscopes and scientific imaging systems are part of Nikon Healthcare, a world leader in the development and manufacture of optical and digital imaging technology for biomedical applications. We collaborate with leading biotech organizations to develop imaging assays, analysis algorithms, and complex 3D and organ-on-a-chip modeling. Utilizing the power of Nikon’s NIS-Elements software and Artificial Intelligence, Nikon imaging systems can dynamically address the most challenging scientific applications.

Customizable to Your Needs

Flexible configurations allow for a vast array of imaging applications, ensuring that our experts can always find a custom solution for your imaging requirements, from simple 2D imaging to complex 3D models.

Hub of Quality

The combination of a highly experienced team of experts, unique access to advanced imaging tools, and a fully equipped facility enable us produce high-quality results. Perfect focus-assisted hardware, custom software, and innovative AI solutions allow for high precision, reproducibility, and quality every time.

We want you to know that if you leave it to Nikon, we’ll treat your research with the same importance you do.

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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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