The ICCE is a central facility of the ZMB at the Campus Essen to provide and share equipment for light microscopy imaging. It is an initiative to respond to the growing significance of imaging and screening approaches in molecular and cellular biology. It is being set up with hardware, software and knowhow contributions of individual groups to extend the experimental repertoire of our researchers.

1. Leica SP5 (inverse) Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope, live cell incubation chamber.

2. Nikon Ti-E (inverse) with Confocal Spinning Disk setup (Yokogawa), TIRF illumination, Andor FRAP and photoactivation (PA) unit, live cell incubation chamber.

3. Zeiss Axiovert 200M (inverse).

4. Nikon Ti-E (inverse), live cell incubation chamber.

5. Zeiss AxioObserver (inverse) with computer-assisted microinjection (Cell Biology Trading/Eppendorf).