Equipment and Core Facilities

Facility overview

• CMF microscopes are available for booking 24/7
• Training and troubleshooting services provided by request
• Independent and supported use of instruments
• Online booking system accessible from everywhere
• Image analysis support provided
• Consultation on experiment planning (sample preparation, selecting the microscope and application, acquisition settings, data analysis etc.)
• Collaboration with researchers for demanding applications
• Seminars, and workshops, on microscopy and imaging

Contact Information

University of Calgary – Centre for Advanced Technologies (CAT) – is the umbrella under which the Cumming School of Medicine has gathered core facilities that offer significant research support. These include research platforms providing many of the essential technologies to support contemporary biomedical research across many domains of activity (genomics, proteomics, cellular and medical imaging, and bioinformatics). These platforms are complemented by basic service facilities