The NIF is an
Open Access Microscopy and Tissue Core

servicing the Boston area & beyond

 

The Neurobiology Imaging Facility is a completely open access light microscopy and tissue core located within the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School.
Our mission is to advance research by providing services in optical imaging, tissue clearing, in situ hybridization as well as introduce new equipment and cutting-edge technology to the basic science community. We provide expertise, equipment and services that are costly, time consuming and technically difficult. Our core ensures consistency and precision. We are also a teaching facility that strives to provide learning opportunities to researchers in the greater Boston area.

The NIF currently offers use and training on MINFLUX super-resolution microscope. The system is a dual line (560/640nm) system capable of resolving single particles to 3nm in imaging mode and 1nm in particle tracking mode. Reach out to Michelle Ocana for details and sample prep protocols.

 

 

 

Featured Content

Imaging Contest 2023

Imaging Contest 2023

2023 NIF Imaging Contest

Are you images so stunning that you wish everyone could see some of your science? Enter our contest now by emailing your images to harvardnif@gmail.com

Prizes:
Most Scientific $200
Most Beautiful $200
Most Popular $200

Rules:
Your image must have been taken or rendered in the NIF in 2022 or 2023! Please do not submit any images that were entered previously in any imaging contest at HMS.
Your submission must include your name, equipment used, description of sample, and the name of your PI.

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
May 1st, 2023 at 11:59 PM

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Imaging Contest 2022

Imaging Contest 2022

Enter our imaging contest!
Have you acquired a beautiful image using equipment in the NIF at HMS? You could win $200!

Deadline 4.4.2022
Submit all images to harvardnif@gmail.com

Categories:
Best Scientific Discovery- Prize, $200
Most Beautiful- Prize, $200
Most Popular- Prize, $200

Rules:
All images must have been taken or rendered on our workstations in the Harvard Neurobiology Imaging Facility.
Previously submitted images for any Imaging Contest at Harvard Medical School cannot be submitted for this contest.
Your submission must include your name, equipment used, description of sample, and the name of your PI.



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ISH, FISH, RNAscope, Insitu, In situ Hybridization, RNA,

InSitu Hybridization (RNA Scope)

Single Cell mRNA Analysis Using In Situ Hybridization is now available as a service in our core. We provide consistent results for your RNA projects. (F)ISH using the latest techniques and probes are available for you. Using the core will save your lab time and expense. Samples are processed on a per slide basis.
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Neurobiology Imaging Facility

220 Longwood Ave.
Goldenson 242
Boston, MA 02115

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