About us

Since 2000, the iGReD Institute has been developing a confocal imaging platform. CLIC (Clermont Imagerie Confocale), which is located on the fourth floor of the CRBC building at the Dunant site. Vincent Mirouse and Christophe Tatout are the scientific directors of this facility. CLIC provides six microscopes and four image analysis stations (Arivis, Imaris, Zen, Fiji, Qupath, and Napari). Four engineers are available to advise users from sample preparation to image analysis..

Our services

Access to the platform requires a prior compulsory meeting. There are a variety of access options: autonomy after compulsory individual training, partial or full support, collaboration, or service.

The following services are available:
  • Training in the use of microscopes
  • Partial or full support for microscope acquisition
  • Training in the use of image analysis software
  • Development of image analysis tools

Equipments

Available microscopes 

  • Confocal laser scanning microscope :
    Leica SP8 + Lightning + Navigator
    Zeiss LSM 800 + Airyscan
    Zeiss LSM 980 + Airyscan2 + spectral module
  • Spinning disk confocal microscope : Zeiss Cell Observer Spinning Disk
  • Structured light microscope : Leica DM6000 MMAF
  • Light sheet microscope : Zeiss Lightsheet LS7

Analysis stations  

  • Station 1 (Imaris 9.8.2, Imaris XT & Vantage)
  • Station 2 (Imaris 9.8.2 & ImarisXT)
  • Station 3 (Zen, Qupath)
  • Station 4 (Arivis, Fiji, Zen)