Advanced Optical Microscopy Centre
Welcome to the website of the Advanced Optical Microscopy Centre (AOMC), a fluorescence microscopy core facility at Hasselt University. Our facility offers researchers access to state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopes and provides expertise and support for many types of experiments.
The AOMC is part of Flanders BioImaging, the inter-university consortium that supports international access to advanced imaging methods in Flanders. If you're interested in using AOMC equipment in your research, then Flanders Bioimaging can greatly facilitate your access to the AOMC infrastructure. Do not hesitate to apply through FBI!
Why should you collaborate with the AOMC?
- Gain access to a wide range of state-of-the-art microscopy equipment and methods.
- Tap into the experience of internationally recognized researchers.
- Design and perform experiments that fit your research needs.
- Benefit from continuous quality and performance monitoring.
- Proven experience with services and contract activities with the industry.
How can you collaborate with the AOMC?
- Perform your own independent experiments on our equipment.
- Rely on the expertise of the AOMC and the Biomedical Research Institute to provide a full service.
- Start a scientific collaboration to develop new tools or methods.
News and events
One-day Workshop on Biophysical Methods for Studying Protein (Mis-/Un-)Folding & Dynamics
Do you want to investigate protein folding, unfolding or misfolding pathways, but don't know which biophysical methods to choose or combine? Look no further! This One-Day Workshop will provide a great introductory overview!
We will lecture about structural biology research on chaperones, membrane proteins and other protein systems. We will dig deep into technologies such as NMR, single-molecule FRET, cryo-EM, HDEX-MS, optical tweezers and other advanced methodological pipelines that are used to study protein real-time and/or atomistic structure and dynamics. Finally, we will introduce you to multimodal and integrative methods, and explain their synergies, pros and cons.
When: September 10, 2024
Where: KU Leuven Rega Institute
Mini-Symposium: "Array detectors, the future of confocal microscopy is now!"
On the occasion of the PhD defense of Mrs. Veerle Lemmens, the Dynamic Bioimaging Lab and the Advanced Optical Microscopy Centre are organizing a MiniSymposium on Array Detectors in Confocal Microscopy. Array detectors allow faster imaging, with higher signal-to-noise, better spatial resolution. Moreover, they allow studying complex molecular motion (directional flow, diffusion nears barriers,...) and, when operated in time-resolved mode, allow correlating nanosecond fluorophore properties with micro-millisecond biomolecular properties.
When: July 10, 2024
Where: Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek
New software UHasselt and ZEISS shows biomolecular movement in cells at the cutting edge
Researchers at BIOMED UHasselt, together with technology company ZEISS, which specializes in microscopes, developed a software module that dives deeper and better into human cells using confocal microscopy. This software can even be used to create so-called heatmaps, to see how biomolecules move within cells. "This will really boost the knowledge around cell biology and have an impact on a lot of biomedical and biological research," says Prof. Dr. Jelle Hendrix.
Memberships and partners
Flanders BioImaging (FBI) is an interuniversity consortium dedicated to biomedical imaging and advanced light microscopy in Flanders. Flanders Bioimaging can greatly facilitate your access to the AOMC infrastructure. Do not hesitate to apply through FBI !
Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy. The QUAREP-LiMi is a group of enthusiastic light microscopists from Academia and Industry all interested in improving quality assessment (QA) and quality control (QC) in light microscopy.