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Mission

A core facility for light microscopy

The Nikon Imaging Centre at Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (NIC@IIT) is a core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership between Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and Nikon Instruments Italy. The NIC@IIT is to provide to a wide community of scientists and professionals throughout Italy, Europe and the Rest of the World, with the support of Nikon Instruments Italy, a large number of up-to-date imaging methodologies to monitor the living cell activity at high spatial and temporal rate. The main expertise of the NIC@IIT is related to Super resolution and multiphoton microscopy, and it is developed in the unique multidisciplinary environment of IIT. In the era of incredible advances in optical microscopy we can state that a new paradigm was born.
Cutting edge

Incredible advances in optical microscopy

In the era of incredible advances in optical microscopy we can state that a new paradigm was born. NIC@IIT is our Aleph. An Aleph is one of the points in space that contains all other points. The only place on earth where all places are – seen from every angle, each standing clear, without any confusion or blending. If all places in the universe are in the Aleph, then all stars, all lamps, all sources of light are in it, too. It is the microcosm of the alchemists and Kabbalists…the “multum in parvo!” (freely adapted from El Aleph, 1945 JL Borges).

Our mission

  • Stimulate innovation in biological research by providing investigators access to cutting edge microscopy resources with a particular emphasis on developing novel imaging solutions to systems biology challenges.
  • Support research while giving the researchers access to most advanced technologies in the field of cellular imaging, data analysis and image processing.
  • Serve as a training platform providing courses, individual instruction, and consulting on advanced light microscopy techniques.
  • Promote cross-discipline collaborations by providing an exciting intellectual commons centered on light microscopy.
  • Develop new microscope setups and imaging techniques in response to feedback from the users of NIC@IIT.
  • To become a demonstration platform for Nikon’s commercial prospecting.
The NIC@IIT is supported by the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa and by a selected number of partners.

UC San Diego

The NIC is a partnership between Nikon and the University of California, San Diego, providing cutting-edge imaging technology to researchers across the UC San Diego campus and the larger Mesa biotech community.

Hokkaido University

Nikon Imaging Center at Hokkaido University (NIC@HU) is a facility for novel biological microscopy available to researchers both in Hokkaido University and throughout Japan.

University of Heidelberg

The Nikon Imaging Center (NIC@Uni-Heidelberg) is a core facility for light microscopy at the University of Heidelberg, developed in partnership with Nikon GmbH and Nikon Instruments Europe B.V.

King’s College London

The Nikon Imaging Centre at King’s College London (NIC@King's) is a core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership between King’s College London and Nikon Instruments UK.

Singapore Bioimaging Consortium

Located at Biopolis, SBIC-NIC is a core facility with the state of art equipment for light microscopy developed in partnership between Nikon Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC).

Institut Curie

The Nikon Imaging Centre at the Curie’s Institut (NIMCE) promotes the improvement and development of bio-imaging technologies and their application to the life sciences.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Nikon Imaging Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (NIC@NU-FSM) is an integral component of the Northwestern University Cell Imaging Facility, supported by Nikon, the Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.

University of California, San Francisco

The Nikon Imaging Center at UCSF/QB3 is a core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership with Nikon Instruments Inc. and Technical Instruments.

Harvard Medical School

The Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School (NIC@HMS) is a Cell Biology Department, Systems Biology Department, and Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology Department core facility for light microscopy developed in partnership with Nikon Instruments Inc.
Global

Nikon Centres worldwide

Nikon Imaging Centers are state-of-the-art imaging facilities established as a partnership between key research institutes around the world and Nikon. Our Mission is to contribute to the development of cutting edge research and to serve as a hub for educating the surrounding community on the fundamentals of microscopy and the latest advances in imaging technology.
Nikon Imaging Centres Website