The Cellular Imaging Facility (CIF) is a core facility of UNIL-CHUV located at 4 sites : Bugnon, Agora, Dorigny, Epallinge.
The CIF organizes its mission to assists researchers with their imaging needs around three complementary activities:
Services: The facility offers UNIL’s Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) and associated institutions access to a wide selection of state-of-the-art imaging equipment and techniques:
- Confocal and super-resolution microscopy
- Spinning disk confocal microscopy
- Two-photon microscopy
- Light sheet microscopy
- Slide scanners
- Fluorescence macroscopy and wide-field fluorescence microscopy
- Laser capture microdissection
- Digital image processing and analysis
Training: Theoretical and technical imaging skills are taught in a combination of lecture courses, interactive teaching and practical training.
Research: Development of innovative optical and imaging technologies.
CIF in numbers:
- 32 imaging set-ups
- 25’000 hours of imaging yearly
- 425 regular users from more than 140 research groups
The CIF is headed by Prof. Jean-Yves Chatton
