Lim Lab

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
What the facility does

Multi-modal live and fixed cellular imaging

Area(s) of Expertise

Cell-imaging modalities include live and fixed cell imaging, DIC, various fluorescence methods, including total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), 3-D deconvolution and photoactivation. Additional capabilities include microfluidic analysis of cells under liquid shear.

Research Services

Live cell imaging, Fixed cell imaging, Microfluidic flow analysis, Fluorescence quantitation, 3-D deconvolution

Sectors of Application
  • Education
  • Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment

Name of specialized lab

Name of equipment

Advanced Imaging Microscopy Suite (AIMS)

Olympus Cell-TIRF (IX-81)

Analysis workstation

AutoQuant, Metamorph and other digital-imaging software