IFSU is a Core Facility for light- and electron-microscopy at Stockholm University. It offers services to users of advanced imaging at Stockholm University as well as from other institutions; provides hands-on training and advice for experimental set up and for instance guidance to the most suitable instrument to solve a specific imaging problem.

The following instruments are available at IFSU:

• Confocal microscopes; LSM 780, LSM 800 Airyscan (Zeiss), LSM 510 META

• TIRF/wide field fluorescence microscope, Axio Observer (Zeiss)

• Wide field Fluorescence microscope; CELL OBSERVER equipped for live cell imaging and microinjection (Zeiss)

• Inverted fluorescence microscope DM IRB (Leica)

• Transmission electron microscope, TECNAI G2 Spirit Bio TWIN, 120 kV (FEI Company)

• Workstations with software, SlideBook, Imaris, ZEN black and Zen blue for image processing