BIDC is now the PALM CoLab!

We are excited to announce that BIDC has a new name – the Parnassus Advanced Light Microscopy (PALM) CoLab! Same people, same instruments, now with California palm trees.

BIDC - New spatial proteomics instrument

The BIDC/PALM at Parnassus has a new microscope! The Leica CellDIVE is a multiplex immunofluorescence system that images up to ~40 antibodies on fixed tissue sections and post-Xenium slides. BIDC works with you to customize your markers, or choose from several standard panels available.

Core Staff Changes

CALM core welcomes Nico Stuurman as the new director! The CALM core welcomes Nico Stuurman as their new director. He is well known for pushing the boundaries in microscopy, particularly in microscope software development, including being on the development team for the open-source microscope...

New optical imager at HD

A refurbished optical imager, IVIS200 will replace the 10-year-old IVIS#2 in HD527 this coming October. PTC thanks Dr. Alan Ashworth for his generous contribution. For more information, please visit the Preclinical Therapeutics Core website here for details.

Two Core Fairs Coming in October!

It's with great excitement that we announce the long-awaited return of the core fairs this October, a much-anticipated event for the research community at UCSF! 

LCA Genome Core - New services

Expand the horizons of your research with LCA Genome Core’s cutting-edge services. From advanced biomarker optimization and imaging to state-of-the-art single-cell transcriptomics with 10X Genomics Xenium, and explore new dimensions of multiomics tissue profiling with Nanostring GeoMx technology.

Spatial Transcriptomics at UCSF CoLabs

10x Genomics Visium and Xenium are available at CoLabs at UCSF Parnassus! CoLabs can help you with sample preparation, design custom panels, run slides, and analyze results.

Leica Cell DIVE demo

The BIDC and D2B CoLabs Core is organizing a demo for Leica’s Cell DIVE spatial proteomics multiplex immunofluorescence and imaging system at UCSF PH. Cell DIVE allows dozens of antibody channels on fixed tissue sections. We are conducting a poll to ensure everyone interested can test the...

Neuroimaging Technology Research Center (NTRC)

The Human Imaging Core Services is excited about the upcoming opening of our new research imaging facility - the Neuroimaging Technology Research Center (NTRC). Housed within the Department of Psychiatry's Pritzker outpatient psychiatry building at Mission Bay, the center will be run by the...

UCSF PFCC New Spectral Sorter

The Aurora CS Spectral Sorter "Jirachi" is here!