{"id":2539,"date":"2026-11-02T15:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:07:46","slug":"news-upgrade-of-bioimaging-hub-imaging-suites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/news-upgrade-of-bioimaging-hub-imaging-suites\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Upgrade of Bioimaging Hub Microscopy Suites."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2561\" style=\"width: 1940px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/Room-upgrades.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2561\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/Room-upgrades.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1930\" height=\"1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/Room-upgrades.jpg 1930w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/Room-upgrades-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/492\/2026\/11\/Room-upgrades-624x476.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1930px) 100vw, 1930px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: Upgrades to Bioimaging Hub include the installation of new black out curtains, air conditioning, hand wash facilities and additional power.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cardiff University School of Biosciences has recently invested <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">in the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> upgrade of Bioimaging hub lab space. The enhancements include new floor-to-ceiling blackout curtains, air conditioning, hand wash facilities, and a new 16A, 230V 2P+E power circuit. These upgrades add to other recent estate improvements (dimmable LED lighting, updated mains and internet sockets and high speed wifi 6) paving the way for installation of our new <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/news-grant-success-bbsrc-alert-25-funding-for-new-state-of-the-art-confocal-platform-for-bioimaging-hub\/\">BBSRC-ALERT-funded<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Zeiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeiss.com\/microscopy\/en\/products\/light-microscopes\/confocal-microscopes\/lsm-990.html\">LSM990 confocal microscope with Lightfield technology<\/a> in early 2027. Additional room modifications, including reconfiguration of microscope benching, installation of cable access ports and gas lines, filling and decorating, completed by yours truly : )<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AJH 2.11.2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff University School of Biosciences has recently invested in the upgrade of Bioimaging hub lab space. The enhancements include new floor-to-ceiling blackout curtains, air conditioning, hand wash facilities, and a new 16A, 230V 2P+E power circuit. These upgrades add to other recent estate improvements (dimmable LED lighting, updated mains and internet sockets and high speed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/bioimaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}