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The Micron Bioimaging Facility
Initially a subsidiary of the Micron Advanced Bioimaging Unit (ABU), the Micron Bioimaging Facility was formally established as a small research facility in 2021. We currently oversee 9 commercial instruments, 4 development instruments and support more than 200 active users from >80 research groups and 16 departments across Oxford.
Located within the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, the Micron Bioimaging Facility is a collaborative, interdisciplinary bioimaging facility working with biomedical researchers in the Oxford area and beyond to apply advanced cellular imaging techniques to address key questions in biology.
The vision of the Micron Biochemistry Imaging Facility is to be one of the leading imaging facilities worldwide, providing access to high-quality state-of-the-art imaging technology to national and international research communities.
We offer training and support in experimental design, sample preparation, acquisition, data analysis, visualisation and image data management to the highest standards.
Our Expertise
Lothar Schermelleh
Lothar Schermelleh
Lothar Schermelleh
Academic Director
Lothar is a Principal Investigator at the Biochemistry Department, affiliated to Micron, where he has led the development of computational analysis tools for standardised quality control and improved fluorescence labelling protocols for super-resolution 3D structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM). His biological resear
Academic Director
Lothar is a Principal Investigator at the Biochemistry Department, affiliated to Micron, where he has led the development of computational analysis tools for standardised quality control and improved fluorescence labelling protocols for super-resolution 3D structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM). His biological research aims at understanding the relationship between 3D nuclear organisation, chromatin structure and genome function in mammalian cells, using advanced optical imaging. The lab currently focusses on uncovering the regulatory role and interplay between biophysical forces, epigenetic memory and cohesin complex activity to modulate cell type specific transcriptional programmes. In November 2020 he became Academic Director of the Micron Bioimaging Facility.
email: lothar.schermelleh@bioch.ox.ac.uk
ORCHID ID: 0000-0002-1612-9699
Deirdre Kavanagh
Lothar Schermelleh
Lothar Schermelleh
Facility Manager
In May 2021, Deirdre joined the Department of Biochemistry as facility manager for Micron. Deirdre is an interdisciplinary scientist with special interest in super-resolution microscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and light-sheet technologies. She completed a PhD in Engineering and Physical Sciences and as pos
Facility Manager
In May 2021, Deirdre joined the Department of Biochemistry as facility manager for Micron. Deirdre is an interdisciplinary scientist with special interest in super-resolution microscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and light-sheet technologies. She completed a PhD in Engineering and Physical Sciences and as post-doctoral researcher she applied advanced super-resolution microscopy to understand the protein interactions, organisation and dynamics underlying cell communication. She is proactively involved in the organisation and development of microscopy workshops, training courses and public engagement. She serves on several microscopy committees including the Royal Microscopical Society Light Microscopy Committee.
email: deirdre.kavanagh@bioch.ox.ac.uk
ORCHID ID: 0000-0003-1531-6617
Niloufer Irani
Lothar Schermelleh
Niloufer Irani
Assistant Facility Manager
A passionate cell biologist, Niloufer’s background in plant biology adds an additional layer of expertise to the Micron family. She actively uses fluorescence microscopy techniques to understand endomembrane trafficking. Educated in India and the US with Post Doctoral research experience in India, Belgium and th
Assistant Facility Manager
A passionate cell biologist, Niloufer’s background in plant biology adds an additional layer of expertise to the Micron family. She actively uses fluorescence microscopy techniques to understand endomembrane trafficking. Educated in India and the US with Post Doctoral research experience in India, Belgium and the UK makes Niloufer an experienced team player, ever curious about the experimental systems that users work with. Eager to help users, learn new techniques and use out of the box solutions to biological questions, she is happy to train users and answer questions.
email: niloufer.irani@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Orchid ID: 0000-0003-3252-449
Jingyu Wang
Carina Monico
Carina Monico
Research Microscope Developer
Jingyu is a postdoctoral microscope developer based in Dynamic Optics Group in Engineering Sciences and Micron in Department of Biochemistry. His interests and expertise are on adaptive optics and 3D super-resolution fluorescence microscope techniques. He is currently working on developing adaptive optics assi
Research Microscope Developer
Jingyu is a postdoctoral microscope developer based in Dynamic Optics Group in Engineering Sciences and Micron in Department of Biochemistry. His interests and expertise are on adaptive optics and 3D super-resolution fluorescence microscope techniques. He is currently working on developing adaptive optics assisted ultra-high resolution 3D imaging for cell and tissue samples using 4Pi-SMS (SMLM) and 3D SIM microscopes.
email: jingyu.wang@eng.ox.ac.uk
Orchid ID: 0000-0002-2856-7602
Carina Monico
Carina Monico
Carina Monico
Assistant Facility Manager
Carina joined Micron in 2017 as assistant facility manager. She has more than ten years of experience in advanced optical microscopy, molecular biology and single-molecule biophysics. After finishing her studies in Biology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, she had her PhD and first postdoc at the European
Assistant Facility Manager
Carina joined Micron in 2017 as assistant facility manager. She has more than ten years of experience in advanced optical microscopy, molecular biology and single-molecule biophysics. After finishing her studies in Biology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, she had her PhD and first postdoc at the European Laboratory of Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) in Florence. At LENS she combined dual optical tweezers, fluorescence imaging and microfluidics to study gene expression and regulation at the single-molecule level. Then she moved to University of Oxford and King's College London for a postdoc in optics and biophysics, studying the assembly of pore forming toxins in complex mimics of the cell membrane. Carina built several bespoke fluorescence microscopes suitable for TIRF microscopy, polarisation, FRAP, smFRET and live cell applications. Carina particularly enjoys sharing her knowledge to help researchers deepen their understanding of microscopy. She enjoys assisting with imaging challenges, experiment design, image acquisition and analysis.
Orchid ID: 0000-0002-5619-94