Granting agencies that fund our research
Micron Strategic Award
The primary source of funding for our cutting-edge imaging research.
Principal Applicant: Ilan Davis
Co-applicants: Jordan Raff, Martin Booth, Yvonne Jones, Christian Eggeling, David Stuart, Kay Grunewald, Neil Brockdorff.
4Pi SMS & Microscopi
Funded by the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the John Fell Fund, these two innovative microscopy development projects, the 4Pi SMS & Microscopi, are aimed at very different areas of research.
Nanoscopy Oxford
Nanoscopy Oxford (NanO), a new initiative funded primarily by the MRC to develop novel super-resolution imaging modalities to address key questions in the field of biomedical research.
Consortium management
Management Committee
Headed by Prof. Ilan Davis, Academic Directors, Principal Investigators on Wellcome Strategic Award and affiliated Members
Imaging Facility Manager
Dr. Nadia Halidi manages the advanced microscopy facilities open to the research community within and outside the university
Technology Development Leader
Dr. Ian Dobbie leads the advanced imaging hardware and software development teams
Research & Imaging Technology Development
Recent Publications
Wide ranging high profile publications from addressing key biological questions to development of new instruments and approaches
Bespoke Hardware Development
We design and build innovative microscopy solutions to apply to biological questions that cannot be answered by current technology
Imaging Software Development
We build novel software solutions for instrument control, image data analysis, quantitation and visualisation
Imaging facilities and participating researchers
Micron Depts. and Institutes
The list of all the departments and institutes across Oxford that participate in Micron activities
Advanced imaging facilities
We help researchers apply cutting edge microscope technology to their research. See our range of microscopes here.
Labs participating in Micron
The list of the 100 or so labs that use micron facilities or collaborate with Micron technology developments