The NIF is an
Open Access Microscopy and Tissue Core

servicing the Boston area (and beyond) for light microscopy and tissue processing

The Neurobiology Imaging Facility is a completely open access light microscopy and tissue core located within the Neurobiology Department.
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 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.

*****ATTENTION*****

Phase 2 re-opening. All equipment except for Lightsheet is available for autonomous use.

The Lightsheet will be a full service system until the pandemic is over.

Please read our Safety Plan before you use any equipment or request services.

Available Equipment Starting Tuesday June 23:

VS120 #1 now in GB501C

VS120 #2 now in GB501E

FV1000 in GB256

BX63 in GB256

Leica SPE in GB501D

SP8X STED in GB501C

Zeiss COMBI Laser Capture/Microtweezers GB248

Clearing and In Situ Services will begin June 29th. Please coordinate with Mahmoud.

You can read our Disinfection Protocol here

You can find information regarding HMS Coronavirus Communications here

Webinar: Large-Scale Multiphoton Imaging for Machine Learning

The NIF (in partnership with Thorlabs) is hosting a really exciting seminar talk about massive datasets and machine learning.

This has particular interest to us as we recently installed a volumetric 2-photon microscope.

I encourage anyone thinking of collecting large datasets, from slide scanning to lightsheet, to attend this webinar.

Thu, July 23, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/large-scale-multiphoton-imaging-for-machine-learning-tickets-110224771258

The NIF is still closed until further notice

Stay tuned for updates. Follow this link for more details and updates: https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus

All Demos and Seminars have been cancelled

Demos and Seminars Cancelled Until Further Notice.
If you have scheduled a demo please check back with us after the corona virus apocalypse for the rescheduled itinerary.

News

Sep 3, 2020

We support the Pan-Mass Challenge

Can anything be more challenging than the Pan-Mass Challenge during a pandemic? Yes! Cancer. This year a NIF friend is up for the challenge. Her goal is to raise $5500 for cancer research.