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Background of the Swedish National 7T facility The application for the national 7T facility was submitted to the Swedish research council (VR) in April 2010. Applicants represented Lund University (LU), Umeå University, Uppsala University, the Karolinska Institute, Linköping University and Gothenburg University. The application was granted in late 2011 by VR/RFI. In April 2011, after signing the
https://www.lbic.lu.se/national-7t-facility - 2026-04-21
We offer a fully equipped radiochemistry laboratory where we can label everything from liposomes, antibodies and proteins and all the way down to small molecules. Please inquire the facility coordinator if you have a project in mind and want to know more. In general, SPECT tracers are synthesized upon request, while PET tracers are available or can be made available with minimum set-up time (see
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/preclinical-nuclear-medicine/radiochemistry - 2026-04-21
Scanning electron microscopy Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of a retinal cell growing on patterned gallium phosphide nanowire array.Image by Sebastian Wasserstrom, Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), Lund University, Sweden. Confocal microscopy Confocal image showing Indian Muntjack Fibroblasts stained for Actin (green), mitochondria (red) and nuclei (blue).Image by Sebastian Wasse
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/microscopy/gallery-0 - 2026-04-21
Surface of pig wound Dendritic cell Laser shining on the 2D trap with atoms Rat head Human lung tissue Stainless steel screw in rat femur Anolis lizard fetus Exterior rat skeleton Tractography by the beach
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/analysis-visualization/gallery - 2026-04-21
SPECT/CT SPECT/CT image of 177Lu-labelled antibody in an LNCaP xenograft.Courtesy of Dr. Oskar Vilhelmsson Timmermand, Systemic radiation therapy, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. Micro-CT Micro-CT image (to the left) and 3D visualisation (to the right) of a mouse knee joint reconstructed at a 10 micron voxel size.Image by Dr. Marie Sydoff, Lund University Bioimaging Centre (L
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/preclinical-nuclear-medicine/gallery - 2026-04-21
The 7T facility is now fully open for research. Contact us for further information about the contents of the upgrade, impacts on your project or discussion of new project ideas! HistoryInstallation period: 29 July - 15 August - The installation started on schedule and was finished in a little under three weeks. This included work on the electric installations and all backups of previous scanner co
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/national-7t-facility/equipment/2024-upgrade-information - 2026-04-21
Publications from LBIC staff and LBIC users can be found at Lund University Research Portal
https://www.lbic.lu.se/lund-university-bioimaging-centre/publications - 2026-04-21
Publications from LBIC and LBIC users can be found at Lund University Research Portal.Note!A complete list of publications would require users to either notify us or that ‘Lund University Bioimaging Centre’ is noted as affiliation or in acknowledgement, so they are traceable through the Research Portal at Lund University. As users sometimes acquire data long before publication, sometimes that info
https://www.lbic.lu.se/publications-0 - 2026-04-21
Electron microscopy and advanced light microscopyHow to apply for use of the equipment and our services:The first step in the procedure is to contact:For microscopy - TEM/SEM: Lina Gefors, lina [dot] gefors [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina[dot]Gefors[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se),+46 (0)46-222 07 12For advanced light microscopy (Nikon Confocal A1+ microscope, Nikon STORM microscope and Nikon TIRF Microsco
https://www.lbic.lu.se/user-support - 2026-04-21
ILLUMINATE - Increasing lutetium production while leveraging metabolic imaging to enhance theranostics effectiveness, is a new international consortium of academic and industrial leaders, with the aim to demonstrate the unique value of recently developed Metabolic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MeMRI) visualizing chemical processes in the body to significantly improve effective application of therano
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/national-7t-facility/illuminate-consortium - 2026-04-21
In accordance with a decision taken at LBIC this user policy will be valid from 2025-01-01 and onward, until a new policy is published. The reason to change from yearly updates is that as LBIC has evolved, our preclinical policy has been condensed into a format that has become less and less subject to change. New policies will always be published on our homepage. For general information about LBIC
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/general-information/lbic-preclinical-user-policy - 2026-04-21
The following process shows what happens when using LBIC and it contains the following steps:Project PlanningUser FeesThe research board and its decisionSupport from LBIC staff for approved projectsScientific resultsOwnership and handling of dataYou can read more about each step on their page in the menu. Applying for scan timeOne question that might arise is how to apply for scan time. This can b
https://www.lbic.lu.se/explore-our-infrastructure/general-information/lbic-preclinical-user-policy/usage-process - 2026-04-21
Projects start with a meeting between the researcher and LBIC staff representing the platform requested. The main goal of this first meeting is to inform each other on the preclinical imaging possibilities available (LBIC) and to identify the scientific questions and needs of the project (researcher). Publications provided by the researcher will be used to establish the strategy of the project. In
The project costs are calculated taking external (outside LU) as well as internal grants for equipment and staff into consideration. LBIC as a core facility is dependent on external as well as internal funding. In order to keep our machine park well maintained and our research output at the cutting edge we must implement user fees. These fees are predominantly used for maintenance and service cont
All projects performed on LBIC´s preclinical imaging platforms are evaluated before acceptance with respect to possibility to perform the intended experiments successfully, given the available equipment at LBIC. This evaluation is performed by the LBIC preclinical research board (RB). Please note that in the application the intended experiments should be described in their biological or medical co
LBIC has a limited staff (for staff researchers and other staff members, see homepage). LBIC staff will to the best of their ability help researchers with their projects, given the complexity of the equipment. At present, however, LBIC cannot within its budget provide full service from start to goal for research groups that have received approval for their project.As a general rule, LBIC staff wil
AcknowledgementsIt is the mission of LBIC to “establish and provide a major translational bio-imaging center at Lund university, combining knowledge in the fields of medical physics, preclinical and clinical medicine, chemistry, technology and applied mathematics in order to develop imaging methods for the advanced study of human morphology, cellular metabolism and physiological function in health
Regarding ownership of raw data (spectra, animal and sample images etc.) the juridical situation has been discussed with the LU juridical department. One interpretation can be that LBIC possess ownership of such raw data, but the juridical situation is unclear.LBIC´s policy at present is:LBIC (LU) has the right to use raw data as described above, however it is recommended that prior to public use
Meet our scientists: Sharpness and depth that moves research forwardAn article about LBIC and Pia Sundgren.Read the article (in Swedish only at the moment, opens in new window)
https://www.lbic.lu.se/news-events - 2026-04-21
Back to TEM embedding
https://www.lbic.lu.se/tem-embedding-1 - 2026-04-21
