Dear microscopists, The Wellcome Trust has just opened a call for "Multi-user equipment grant" (deadline 20th November). We were successful in 2014 in obtaining it (upgrades to CF3/CF4, high-content imaging system & post for David) but think it might still be an excellent opportunity to further upgrade our facility to respond to your latest needs. The grant is intended to cover purchase and running costs of major equipment (up to £1 million, including up to 5 years running costs), which gives us an opportunity to cover unmet long-term needs ie any piece of equipment that would be essential for your research or enable you to do really cool experiments! We would like to have your input on: - the kind of experiments you would like to do in the future that you can't do currently in FILM, - where major investment would make a big difference to your research. We already have some ideas, in particular given that the LSM510 will come out of support from Zeiss and is fairly old, one piece of equipment we are thinking of applying for is the new Zeiss Airy scan confocal<http://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en_us/products/confocal-microscopes/lsm-880-with-airyscan-.html> (inverted) and/or upgrade the HCF1 with the Airy Scan detector. Previous ideas put up were: - lightsheet microscope, - intravital imaging - dedicated long-term imaging microscopes (e.g Nikon Biostation<http://nikon.com/about/technology/life/instruments/biostation/index.htm> or similar Incucyte, etc) - spinning disk confocal - flow imaging but feedback on any unmet needs is appreciated. Don't forget any microscopy-related needs such as data processing and image analysis. IMPORTANT: if you are a Wellcome Trust grant holder and would agree to be a co-applicant, this would greatly enhance our chances. The deadline is soon and it's a busy time of the year, so please let me know within a week what your thoughts are (please reply to me personally, not the whole mailing list). Looking forward to your input, good imaging, Debbi & Tony Links: * Wellcome Trust Multi-User Equipment Grants: < http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Multi-user-equipment-grants/index.htm> * Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy [FILM]: <http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility/> Debora Keller, PhD FILM - Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy - Facility Manager - Super-Resolution Specialist - Sir Alexander Fleming Building, desk 408 Imperial College London / South Kensington Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ, UK Phone: +44 (0)207 594 2023 Mobile: + 44(0) 7760 256 889 E-mail: d.keller@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:d.keller@imperial.ac.uk> Website: http://imperial.ac.uk/imagingfacility