The ULS is pleased to announce that our Animal Imaging Centre (AIC) on Podium of Block Y is in the final stages of preparation, and will be fully open to users in Q3 2023. The AIC will be equipped with a collection of top-end instruments to support preclinical animal research, including a 7-tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System, an Upright Multiphoton Microscope with Dual-output Pulsed Laser, and a Body Composition Analyser. The list of equipment at the AIC is as follows:
- Bruker Biospec 70/20 USR MRI System (coming soon)
- Bruker minispec LF90II Body Composition Analyser (coming soon)
- Bruker Skyscan 1276 In Vivo Micro-CT Scanner
- Fujifilm VisualSonics Vevo LAZR Ultrasound/Photoacoustic Imaging System
- Perkin-Elmer IVIS Lumina Series III In Vivo Imaging System
- Promethion Metabolic Cage System (8 additional cages being acquired)
- Nikon AX R MP Upright Multiphoton Microscope (coming soon)
- Zeiss Lightsheet 7 Selective Plane Illumination Microscope
- Nikon SMZ1270i Fluorescence Stereomicroscope
- Zeiss LSM 900 Confocal Microscope with Airyscan 2 (coming soon)
- Logos Biosystems X-CLARITY Tissue Clearing System
We would like to take this opportunity to remind current and potential users that we would only allow the use of live animals at the AIC with a valid animal license that indicates the AIC (Y205 to Y212) as one of the locations for carrying out the proposed experiments. Users are urged to amend their existing animal license in time to avoid interruptions to their experiments.
If you have any queries about the AIC, equipment, or policy on the use of live animals, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Michael Yuen.
Thank you for your attention.
