An example of Octopus system retirement, where cryogenic solid immersion lens (SIL) microscopy (left) in the CLF replaced single particle tracking microscopy (right) which was sunset. Both systems were developed within the CLF.
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The Octopus National Imaging Facility offers access to a portfolio of unique, world leading, bio-imaging solutions to UK academics, UK industry and international partners. Octopus was constituted to provide imaging solutions for the biomedical sciences, encompassing technology that integrates from the molecular to the organism level. Octopus solutions have also proven to be transformational when applied to material science research. Octopus is already a modern facility and successive investments by STFC, MRC, BBSRC and the UKRI International Strategic Partnership Fund over recent years have ensured that this is the premier bio-imaging capability in Europe. Bio-imaging is a fast-moving field and as new instrumentation is developed and / or brought online by CLF and its partners, old capabilities are naturally sunset.
