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Starting June 3rd, we will be switching our tracking and calendar application to BookitLab. 

To reserve instrument time on June 3rd or after please log in to BookitLab here. Please log in by selecting the SSO Login and using your NetID and active directory password (not your IGB password). If you are planning to use instrument time this week, please use the old calendar system here.

A basic guide for using BookitLab is available here. If you have difficulty logging in or accessing your account please contact Austin at ajcypher@illinois.edu

Instruments and Fees

Microscopes
Name IGB/University Rate
Atomic Force Microscope
Cypher ES Environmental AFM
$14/Hour
AxioScan.Z1
Slide scanning microscope for brightfield and fluorescence imaging
$19/hour
AxioZoom V16 
Zeiss V16 zoom microscope
$13.50/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 700 Microscope
Four-laserpoint scanning confocal with a single pinhole
$35/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 710 - Multiphoton Microscope
with Mai Tai eHP Ti: sapphire laser and FLIM from ISS
$44/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 880 
Airyscan
$45/hour
Confocal - Zeiss LSM 900
Airyscan 2
$39/hour
Lightsheet Microscope 
Zeiss Z1 Microscope
$29/hour
Minflux 
Molecular resolution in 2D and 3D
$64.50/hour
NanoZoomer Slide Scanner
Slide scanning system provides 460nm resolution scans of complete slides.
$14/hour
Raman-AFM-SNOM Microscope 
Confocal Raman Spectroscopy
$20/hour
Serial Block Face SEM
Zeiss Sigma VP 3View SBF-SEM
$19.50/hour
SR-SIM
Four laser structured illumination superresolution system
$48.50/hour
STEDYCON
2D STED microscope with 40nm resolution 
 
Ultramicroscope 
Lightsheet system large samples
$42/hour
Widefield Fluorescence Microscope 
Zeiss Axiovert 200M with the Apotome
$28/hour
X-Ray CT Scanner

X5000 Imaging 2D Digital Radiography and 3D Computer Tomography ($86/hour)
Large sample X-ray CT system from North Star Imaging

NMR Facility

Agilent 600 MHz NMR ($13/hour)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

Analytical Instruments

ImageQuant 800 ($13/hour)
Gel documenting system

Live Cell

Four Fisher IsoTemp Incubators
Heater and CO2 regulator for Zeiss Axiovert
Laminar Flow Hood

Tissue Processing

Cold Plate and Embedding Processor
Leica EG1150 C cold plate and Leica EG1150 H heated paraffin dispensing module.

Cryostat ($8/hour)
Leica CM3050 S cryostat.

Microtome ($8/hour)
Leica RM2255 rotary microtome.

Vibratome
A Vibratome 1000 Plus.

X-CLARITY ($129/hour)
Tissue Clearing System

Image Analysis Facility

Analyze 
3D Visualization and analysis software

Autoquant
Deconvolution

Available Computers

Axiovision
Image analysis

Canon EOS 5D

FIJI 
Open Source Image Analysis

Imaris 
3D visualization package

 

Services

Core Services

Formlabs Form 2 - 3D Printer ($8/hour)

Transfer Files

Book Instrument Time

Image Analysis

Histology

Instrument Training

IGB Password Change Form

Resources

NYQUIST Estimator

From SVI Scientific Volume Imaging

 

Microscopy Basics

 

Microscopy Supplies

 

Image Analysis Programs and Informative Websites

 

Sample Preparation Protocols

 

Physics 598 Class

 

Questions?

CONTACT US

 

Schedule Training

Schedule training

For instrument training please use the training request form.

New User!

New users!

Before training, please complete procedure items 1 through 3.

Instrument Time

Reserve instrument time

For any Core Facilities equipment, use your IGB username and password to login.