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    • IN-FOCUS: Bigging It Up: 3D Printing to Change the Shape of Microscopy.
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    • IN-FOCUS: De-boning the Zebrafish: unpicking skeletogenesis under the microscope.
    • IN-FOCUS: Gumming up the works: oral biofilms under the microscope.
    • IN-FOCUS: Shedding light on new fluors: development of novel, metal-based probes for bioimaging.
    • NEWS: Naomi’s nightmares of nature.
    • IN-FOCUS: Heavy metal worms under the spotlight.
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Phase Contrast Microscopy

What is phase contrast microscopy and how can it help me in my research?

Phase contrast microscopy is an optical imaging technique that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness changes in the image.

Find out more:
  • Leica Science Lab
  • Nikon Microscopy U
  • Olympus Resource Microscopy Centre
  • Zeiss Online Campus
Our phase contrast system:
  • Olympus BX40 microscope

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Recent features:

  • IN FOCUS: Masson’s trichrome – but which one?
  • IN FOCUS: Breaking the Mould: Supersizing Pollen Grains as Gigantic Public Art Sculptures.
  • IN FOCUS: The ‘3D Pollen Library’: An Update
  • IN FOCUS: Making the Most of Your Microscope.
  • IN FOCUS: AR Palynology: Probing the Reality of Nature/Nature of Reality.
  • NEWS: New BIOSI Live Cell Imaging Spoke
  • CORE EQUIPMENT: New Zeiss Celldiscoverer 7 system
  • NEWS: Updated Covid Rules: Resumption of Hands-on Support and Training.
  • IN-FOCUS: Brushing Up On Your Background Knowledge.
  • SPOKE EQUIPMENT: Olympus VS200 High Throughput Slide Scanning Microscope.
  • NEWS: Reopening of the Bioimaging Research Hub: New COVID 19-Security Measures.
  • IN FOCUS: Bioimaging Hub’s YouTube Channel – Rebooted.
  • NEWS: State of the Art: An Update.
  • IN FOCUS: Plastic Fantastic – Making Pollen Models for The National Botanic Garden of Wales.
  • CORE EQUIPMENT: Widefield Microscope Upgrades.
  • IN FOCUS: Winging It In Paleobiology: Strange Tails from a Strange Time.
  • IN FOCUS: Immersive Microscopy – 3D Visualisation and Manipulation of Microscopic Samples Through Virtual Reality.
  • IN FOCUS: Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) Repository.
  • IN FOCUS: Imaging Cleared Tissues by Lightsheet Microscopy.
  • IN-FOCUS: Making Imaris a Bit(plane) Faster
  • SPOKE EQUIPMENT: X-Clarity Tissue Clearing System.
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