Lim Lab

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

Multi-modal live and fixed cellular imaging

Areas 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
  • 3D deconvolution
Sectors of application
  • Education
  • Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
Specialized LabEquipment
Advanced Imaging Microscopy Suite (AIMS)Olympus Cell-TIRF (IX-81)
Analysis workstationAutoQuant, Metamorph and other digital-imaging software