VIB Bioimaging Core
High resolution, high quality Bio Imaging is increasingly important in frontline life science research. For this reason, VIB created in 2012 a multi-site core facility for state-of-the-art microscopy equipped with over € 10 M of high-end equipment and 14 expert staff members.
The VIB Bioimaging Core has specialist instrumentation for both light and electron microscopy and are developing Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) approaches to answer complex biological questions. The cores have a diverse instrument base providing the most suitable instrumentation for any imaging need.
The VIB Bioimaging Core is a dual site facility with platforms in Ghent and Leuven and serves both academic and industrial life sciences community. The Ghent platform uses high resolution light and electron microscopy to look into cells and tissues in three dimensions. The Leuven platform travels in time and studies ‘very fast’ dynamic processes in single cells.
The Electron Microscopy Platform in Leuven is associated to the VIB Bioimaging Core.
The Gent platform is embedded in the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research.
The Leuven platform is embedded in the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research.
Services
Team
Our team consists of the following members:
The Ghent platform
- Saskia Lippens
- Chris Guerin
- Anna Kremer
- Peter Borghgraef
- Eef Parthoens
- Benjamin Pavie
- Amanda Gonçalves
- Evelien Van Hamme
- Femke Baeke
- Riet De Rycke
- Michiel De Bruyne
The Leuven platform
- Sebastian Munck
- Natalia Gunko
- Pieter Baatsen
- Benjamin Pavie
- Katlijn Vints
- Nikky Corthout
- Dorien Vandael
- Axelle Kerstens
- Sergio Gabarre
Contact
The Ghent platform
VIB Bioimaging Core
UGent-VIB Research Building FSVM
Technologiepark 927
9052 Zwijnaarde - Belgium
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Tel: +32 (0)9 331 35 70
Fax: +32 (0)9 331 36 09
The Leuven platform
VIB Bioimaging Core
Campus Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49, bus 602
3000 Leuven - Belgium
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Tel: +32 (0)16 33 04 60
Fax: +32 (0)16 33 08 27