University of Birmingham

Contact Info:

Adriana Flores-Langarica

College of Medicine and Health

Birmingham

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/mds/facilities/technology-hub/microscopy-facility

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_027108

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Relevant Publications:

1.) Frost K, Urbanowski A, Neag G, Lewis JW, Northall E, Kemble S, Powell E, Croft AP, Iqbal AJ, Rainger GE, Edwards JR, Naylor AJ, McGettrick HM (2025 Oct). PEPITEM and its tripeptide pharmacophores: Mechanisms of bone regulation and therapeutic potential in health and disease. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 191(), 118489. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118489. PMID: 40876366.

2.) El-Awaisi J, Perrella G, Mayor N, Tinkova V, Cleary SJ, Grygielska B, Watson SP, Dimitrov JD, Brill A, Hassan E, Nicolson PL, Kavanagh D, Kalia N, Rayes J (2025 Aug 15). Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Mitigates Hemin-Induced Thromboinflammation in an Organ-Specific Manner in Sickle Cell Mice Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 45(10), e483-e496. . PMCID: 12453104.

3.) Patel L, Marzullo BP, Barlow J, Rana H, Azad AJ, Thomas P, Tennant DA, Gehmlich K (2025 Jul 8). Substrate stiffness-dependent metabolic reprogramming of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes on physiological PDMS polymers Metabolic Engineering Communications, 21(), e00266. . PMCID: 12281380.

Description:

The Microscopy Facility, primarily based in the Imaging Suite, offers a broad range of imaging platforms, including widefield and confocal microscopes with fast detectors. Many systems support live imaging, including a Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) system ideal for small animal models and spheroids.