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. Here you get expertise and open access to high-end advanced fluorescence microscopy resources for multidimensional imaging of cells and tissues, live cell imaging, functional and molecular imaging and bio-image data analysis. We have large expertise in a broad range of techniques including transmission microscopy (ex. brightfield, phase contrast, DIC), fluorescence widefield and laser scanning confocal microscopy (ex. 6D imaging, FRAP, FRET), TIRFM and digital image 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 node of the national research infrastructure PPBI-Portuguese Platform of BioImaging.