CF Microscopy and Imaging
Core Facility Microscopy and Imaging, Bielefeld University
Light Microscopy Technology Platform (LiMiTec)
Welcome to LiMiTec, a part of the core facility for Microscopy and Imaging of Bielefeld University. The CF represents a state-of-the-art imaging facility bundling light microscopes at Bielefeld University. For technical support please contact Dr. Thorsten Seidel or Dr. Barbara Biermann or use the contact form.
News
New Instruments in R1-D2 will be available soon: Nikon/Crest Spinning Disc confocal microscope and multimode plate reader with imaging function: Tecan Spark-Cyto
A Leica STELLARIS 8 FALCON and a Leica THUNDER Imager Tissue have been installed and introduction to users has started!
Sample preparation for electron microscopy has been established and will further expand in the next time! Contact Thorsten Seidel for further information.
The LIFA FLIM has a new filterset for GFP with a short pass emission filter, sutiable for autotrophic plant cells.
Our LSM780 has become a video-star at JoVE!
https://www.jove.com/de/v/62758/forster-resonance-energy-transfer-measurements-in-living-plant-cells
Information on all core facilities of Bielefeld University can be found here.
Recent Publications
von der Heyde B, Srinivasan A, Birwa SK, von der Heyde EL, Höhn SSMH, Goldstein RE, Hallmann A (2025) Spatiotemporal distribution of the glycoprotein pherophorin II reveals stochastic geometry of the growing ECM of Volvox carteri. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2425759122
Kusch N, Storm J, Macioszek A, Knabbe C, Kaltschmidt B, Kaltschmidt C (2025) Donor Variability and Seeding Density Shape NK-Cell Proliferation and Surface Receptor Expression: Insights from an Integrated Phenotypic and Genetic Analysis. Cells 14(16): 1252
Seidel T, Artmann P, Gkekas I, Illies F, Baack, AL, Viefhues M (2024) Microfluidic Single-Cell Study on Arabidopsis thaliana Protoplast Fusion—New Insights on Timescales and Reversibilities. Plants 13(2): 295
Vogelsang L, Eirich J, Finkemeier I, Dietz KJ (2024) Specificity and dynamics of H2O2 detoxification by the cytosolic redox regulatory network as revealed by in vitro reconstitution. Redox Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103141
Schmidt KE, Höving AL, Kowak K, an Mey N, Zahrani SK, Nemeita B, Riedel L, Majewski A, Kaltschmidt B, Knabbe C, Kaltschmidt C (2024) Serum Induces the Subunit-Specific Activation of NF-κB in Proliferating Human Cardiac Stem Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 25(7): 3593
Eysholdt-Derzsó E, Renziehausen T, Frings S, Frohn S, von Bongartz K, Igisch CP, Mann J, Häger L, Macholl J, Leisse D, Hoffmann N, Winkels K, Wanner P, De Backer J, Sauter M, De Clercq I, van Dongen JT, Schippers JHM, Schmidt-Schippers RR (2023) Endoplasmic reticulum bound ANAC013 factor is cleaved by RHOMBOID-LIKE 2 during the initial response to hypoxia in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 120: e2221308120, 2023
- Guidelines
Download of Nutzungsordnung Mikroskopie.pdf
General Instructions: Before starting to use any microscope of the CF Microscopy and Imaging/LiMiTec, an introduction to the microscope is mandatory and safety instructions according to GenTSV (safety levels S1 and/or S2) are required. Keep the labs clean and pay attention to the waste separation.
For booking the confocal microscopes, request a login once you have been introduced to the microscope. The booking platform is available at https://limitec.biologie.uni-bielefeld.de/account/login/. Booking is possible for up to three weeks in advance. Do not exceed four hours for a single slot and three slots a week Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:00, long term experiments should be performed at the weekend or overnight. Avoid gaps between slots. Delete your booking, once it turns out that you are not going to use it. If that happens at short notice, inform other users who booked the microscope that day by email. Keep yourself updated about the users who booked the microscope before and after your slot to ensure proper handover of the system.
Before you start, contact the one who booked it before you to avoid gaps and unnecessary switching off of the HBO/HXP-lamps and argon-ion lasers, if they are still needed. Check the equipment and the logbook for obvious damages and reported problems. Report problems in the logbook and also inform the staff. Before you leave, clean all objective lenses you have used. Keep the lab clean and contact the following user. If you are the last user, ensure that the system is properly shut down. If you are the second last user, check if the last user that day shows up.
Copy your data to the servers of the faculty and check the files. Delete the local files the next time you are using the microscope. There is no backup of local files. Data of people who are no longer affiliated with Bielefeld University will be deleted. The same applies for the image processing PC in the isotope lab.
- Methods
- Booking
Login for the booking process:
https://limitec.biologie.uni-bielefeld.de/account/login/
Please select an instrument from the list.
If you do not have an account yet or you do not have authorization please contact Mr. Thorsten Seidel (see also 'Contact')
Login für die Buchung:
https://limitec.biologie.uni-bielefeld.de/account/login/
Bitte wählen Sie ein Gerät aus der Liste.
Falls Sie noch keinen Account haben oder Ihnen die Berechtigung fehlt, wenden Sie sich bitte an Herrn Thorsten Seidel (siehe auch 'Contact')
- Contact
Technical Support
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Christian Kaltschmidt
Durch den Rektor ernannt:
Standortvertreter für das Kompetenznetzwerk Stammzellenforschung- Telefon
- +49 521 106-5625
- Telefon Sekr.
- +49 521 106-5797
- Raum
- UHG W7-134
