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The Biological Imaging Facility (BIF) is located on the fifth floor of Hogan Hall on Northwestern's Evanston campus.
Main offices, poster printing, and specimen preparation are located in room 5-150, while microscopy and image analysis are in 5-120 (formerly the main location of BIF). We are commited to providing exemplary research facilities, staying on the forefront of current and groundbreaking techniques, instruments, and methods, and facilitating high-quality education and training in microscopy and imaging analysis. 847.467.0374
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News, Events, & Announcements:
Announcements:
6/19: Congratulations Graduates! - BIF would like to congratulate all of the researchers & student users who have completed their degrees at Northwestern and are graduating today. We are honored to have been a part of your educational success. We wish you all the best in your future studies and pursuits!
6/16: BIF Closed at 5pm - We have been informed that all of Hogan Hall will be closed and off limits starting at 5pm on Tuesday, June 16th.
Any user in the facility that day will need to end all experiments and imaging by 4:30pm so we can turn off all of the instruments before the schedule power shutdown at 5pm. All users must leave Hogan before 5pm.
Official Notice from NBP:
"As part of the construction project on Hogan 3rd floor, FM will need to rewire the main power columns in Hogan Hall. This will require FM to shutdown power to most of Hogan Hall on Tuesday June 16th for 12 hours starting at 5:00 pm. Emergency systems (i.e. power for fire systems, ventilation, etc), CCM, and lab equipment plugged into backup power outlets (identified by red outlets) will be powered.
The NBP front office is working with each lab in Hogan to identify essential items that need to be powered during the shutdown. FM will power essential items not plugged into backup outlets by running extension cords and cabling from existing backup power. These cables will run through the Hogan hallways. For this reason Hogan Hall will be closed starting at 5:00 PM on Tuesday June 16th, and security guards will be placed at the door to keep individuals from entering the building. An electrician from FM will be onsite throughout the evening in case any emergencies arise.
Since FM will have to start cabling early, please expect lots of activity in the Hogan hallways Monday afternoon and during the day on Tuesday, and possible visitors into the lab as they check on preparations. On Wednesday morning FM will assist in returning each lab to normal working order."
If you have any questions, please contact BIF Staff or talk with Tasneem Nomanbhai in the NBP main office (Hogan 2-160).
5/25: BIF Closed for Memorial Day - Northwestern University observes Memorial Day as a University holiday. BIF Management and Staff will not be in the facility. Those users with key access may come in and use the facility.
BIF will reopen on Tuesday, May 26th at 8:00a.m.
5/13: Zeiss 710 Confocal Demo
3/20: Notice to Users - Please remember that Northwestern no longer uses CUFS accounts for finances. Please use your PeopleSoft Chart String for all BIF use.
3/24: Annual Research Facilities Fair
Shared and Core Facilities (including BIF) from the Evanson Campus, and a few from the Chicago Campus affiliated with the Cancer Center, will be displaying and handing out information about their equipment and services in the Pancoe Atrium (2nd Floor) from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Afterwards, there will be an Open House in each facility from noon until 3:00 p.m.
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3/26: 3rd Annual User Appreciation Day
Come by BIF for a day of food, demos, workshops and fun! Participating vendors include: Carl Zeiss Microsystems, Leica Microsystems, JEOL, ThermoFisher, Invitrogen, Agilent Technologies, DMS, and many more!
Bring your samples and check out the Agilent iMIC 2000 Intelligent Digital Microscope and the WITech Confocal Raman system.
Click here to download the flier.
3/27: Midwestern Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Annual Meeting
BIF is co-sponsoring the Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Meeting on correlative microscopy. Our lineup of speakers is wonderful - all are acknowledged experts in this exciting area of microscopy. Corporate sponsors will be displaying information and instruments in the Einsteins’ Café area. These are the people who provide ongoing support to all BIF users as well as contributing to our annual meeting. Even if you are not attending the meeting, please stop by the exhibition area.
Registration is required for the meeting. The cost of the registration is low, and lunch is included. To provide an accurate estimate of the number who will be attending, we appreciate early registration.
To register, contact Dr. Christina Russin (c-russin@northwestern.edu).
Click here to download the Agenda.
7/9 - All confocal users must complete their Basic Laser Safety Training from the Office for Research Safety by September 1st. All Laser Operator Registration forms must be turned in no later than Tuesday, September 2nd to Erini Shields. Any user who has not completed their training by this time will have their BIF access suspended until all forms are turned in. If you have any questions, please contact BIF personnel.
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NIH Grant Supports Purchase of Rare Microscope
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Northwestern a $1.9 million grant to purchase a 300 kilovolt cryoelectron microscope for BIF.
Click here to read the full press release.
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