Advanced Light Microscopy

The Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) is the i3S scientific platform specialized in state-of-the-art optical microscopy to study cellular systems in biosciences research areas like cell biology, oncobiology, neurobiology, immunology, and biomaterials. The ALM provide open access to high-end imaging technology and large expertise in advanced light microscopy applied to multidimensional imaging of cells and tissues, live cell imaging, functional and molecular imaging (ex. FRAP, FRET, FLIM), as well as in bio-image data analysis. The equipment available includes transmission/widefield fluorescence microscopes (one with TIRF), spinning disk microscopes (one with SR-SIM), laser scanning confocal microscopes (one with STED, FLIM and FCS) and a light-sheet microscope. Also are available workstations with software for bioimage analysis .

The unit offers scientific advice in experimental planning, training in hands-on operation of the equipment and in image analysis, as well as scientific consulting in research projects development. We are committed to increasing the knowledge in bioimaging of scientific and industrial communities. With that goal in mind, we organize several post-graduation courses in light microscopy and image analysis. The ALM is a core facility of the national research infrastructure PPBI-Portuguese Platform of BioImaging and of the European research infrastructure Euro-Bioimaging ERIC.