Cell Imaging facility

The cellular imaging facility of INFINITy offers a wide array of biophotonic approaches, allowing to visualize biological events from the nanometric to the organ scale.

Microscopes are available for scientists from INFINITy but also from outside the institute (public or private domain).

Thanks to the connection of the facility with TRI (Toulouse Réseau Imagerie), the facility is ISO9001 V2015 and NFX 50-900 v2016 certified, in order to ensure a continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

News


Scientific moderation

Daniel Dunia (head of the “Dunia/Malnou” team at Infinity) joins Loïc Dupré (co-leader of the “Lesourne/Dupré” team at Infinity), as scientific moderator of the facility, to improve the facility visibity on a regional level. Daniel Dunia and Loïc Dupré have both supported the cell imaging facility since 2005.

 

Trainings

The facility frequently organizes training sessions.

  • 3D image analysis with Imaris software will take place on June 26, 27 and 28 at the Inserm delegation. Speakers: Sophie Allart and Sébastien Marais (BIC, Bordeaux)

Registration on Sirène or by email to joelle.couhet@inserm.fr

 

Services provided

For every new user, we organize a first meeting to help to choose the best protocol and to decide which microscope to use.

The facility offers two types of services:

  • Training: A training provided by the engineers of the facility is mandatory to be granted an access to the microscopes and to book them
  • Expertise: Engineers of the facility can help you for the technical development of your projects and for the analysis of your data.

Training, advice, competence

  • Training to use microscopes
  • Help for implementation or optimization of an experimental protocol
  • Assistance for certain technical approaches
  • Help for image analysis
  • Expertise for private companies
  • Continuing education (INSERM, CNRS, University, private company, Workshop)

Applications

Techniques available on the facility

  • Spectral imaging
  • Time lapse
  • FRET
  • TIRF
  • FRAP/ FLIP/ iFRAP
  • IRM (Interference Reflection Microscopy)
  • Biphoton
  • dSTORM
  • STED
  • Photoactivation
  • uPAINT

Image analysis

  • Object quantification
  • Fluorescence intensity quantification
  • Colocalization
  • Macros for ImageJ
  • 4D analysis with Imaris
  • ImageJ
  • Training for image analysis

Equipments

The technical imaging facility of Infinity offers tools to image your samples from the cellular to the tissular scale.

Confocal SP8-STED 3X microscope

  • Mise en évidence du virus Zika dans les spermatozoïdes humains par microscopie de super-résolution STED. Tom20-StarRed (Mitochondries en vert) et 4G2-Alexa-594 (Virus Zika en violet). Elsa Suberbielle, équipe Dunia, CPTP.

    Lasers: 405 nm, 488 nm, 532 nm, 552 nm and 635 nm on an inverted motorized microscope

  • For STED acquisition, excitation lasers are 532 and 635 nm. Depletion laser is 775 nm.
  • Objectives: 20 X Plan Fluotar DIC (NA: 0.8), 63x Oil plan apo DIC (NA 1.4) and a 100X (NA 1.4) for STED acquisitions
  • The system is equipped with 3 high sensitive HyD (QE: 45 % instead of 25 % for PMT) and 2 PMT.
  • Equipped with temperature and oxygen controllers.

Tutorial
Booking

Confocal LSM 710 microscope

A mouse hippocampal neuronal culture infected by Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoïtes (Red: MAP2, Blue: GFAP, Green: T. gondii), Marcy Belloy, Equipe Blanchard

  • Lasers: 405 nm, 458 nm, 488 nm, 514 nm, 561 nm et 633 nm on an inverted motorized microscope
  • Objectives: 20x plan APO (NA: 0.8), 40x oil plan APO (NA:1.3) and 63x oil plan APO (NA 1.4).
  • Equipped with temperature and oxygen controllers.
  • With the spectral detector, autofluorescence can be removed and dyes which are spectrally close can be separated.
  • FRAP and colocalization modules are available.

Tutorial
Booking

 

Confocal Spinning disk / TIRF/ FRAP microscope

  • Lasers: 375 nm (for photoactivation), 405 nm, 491 nm, 561 nm and 642 nm.
  • Objectives: 10X Plan Apo (NA 0.75), 20X plan apo (NA 0.75), 40X oil immersion fluor (NA 1.3) suited for UV experiments, 60X oil immersion plan apo (NA 1.4) and 100X oil immersion apochromate (NA 1.49) for TIRF experiments. DIC can be acquired with all the objectives.
  • The CSU-X1 confocal scanner unit allows ultra-fast acquisition times, while limiting photobleaching.
  • ILas² module allows FRAP/FLIP/photoactivation experiments and also azimuthal TIRF and dSTORM.
  • The microscope is fully encaged and regulated for temperature and CO2 to maintain cells in optimal growth conditions.

 

Tutorial

Booking

Microscope Apotome 2

Meryem Aloulou, Team Nicolas Fazilleau

  • This microscope can be used as a wide field but it can also remove out of focus fluorescence to allow optical sectioning.
  • It is also possible to perform image tiling with a perfect stitching.
  • Exact positions can be studied for several days with a perfect repositioning.
  • The microscope is fully encaged and regulated for temperature and CO2 to maintain cells in optimal growth conditions.
  • Objectives: 10X, 20X, 40X and 63X.
  • Fluorescent filters for DAPI, Green, Red and Far Red.

Tutorial
Booking

Upright 2 Photon BRUKER 2P PLUS

UBI-GFP mouse skin. Collagen fiber in SHG (Blue) and fibroblast in GFP (Green). Lhorane Lobjois and Claire Murat

  • Upright multi photon Bruker 2P Plus microscope for cellular and tissular multicolor acquisitions thanks to 4-channel NDD. The pulsed laser Chameleon Discovery is adjustable from 680 to 1340 nm.
  • Objective: dipping 20X Plan-Apo (NA: 1), Olympus.
  • The microscope is equipped with a Galvo scanner for classical acquisitions and a resonant scanner for rapid live acquisitions. A 400µm piezo electric Z motor enables rapid acquisition of tissue thickness.
  • It is also equipped for tissue explant for hours (oxygenation and thermoregulation), and for microscopy in small animals.

Booking

Tutorial 2P PLUS

 

Upright 2 Photon microscope ZEISS LSM 7MP

 

Purkinje cells are labelled with calbidin (red), nucleus with Dapi (cyan) and CMH class 1 in green – Lidia Yshii, Team Roland Liblau

  • Upright multi photon Zeiss LSM 7MP microscope for cellular and tissular multicolor acquisitions thanks to the 5-channel NDD. The pulsed laser Chameleon Ultra II is adjustable from 690 to 1080 nm.
  • Objectives: dipping 20X Plan-Apo (NA: 1), 40X oil Plan-Apo (NA: 1.4) and 40X water immersion (NA: 1.1).
  • The microscope is fully encaged and regulated for temperature and CO2 to maintain cells in optimal growth conditions.
  • It is also equipped for tissue explant for hours.

Booking

Tutorial 7MP

Tutorial for Live imaging

 

Wide field Microscope

Videomicroscope for the 3D observation of living cells.

Inverted Zeiss microscope equipped with a 100 µm piezo, a cooled CCD camera (CoolSnap HQ), an Optoscan CAIRN monochromator and Metamorph and Metafluor (for calcium flux) softwares.

The microscope is fully encaged and allows long acquisition times. It is well suited for intracellular calcium flux quantification using a ratiometric dye such as Fura-2.

Objectives: 10X, 40X, 63X and 100X.

 

Tutorial

Image analysis

Analysis of GFP expression in dentate Gyrus of a mouse after stereotaxic injection of a lentiviral vector . Nucleus are labelled with Dapi (blue) A. Betourne, Team Dunia

Three computers are available for image treatment and analysis. You can also use them to perform deconvolution on wide field images. On request, engineers of the facility can also write macros for ImageJ in order to automate your analyses.

Three softwares are available:

  • Metamorph (Universal Imaging)
  • ImageJ: free software mainly for 2D or 2D+ time image analysis. Macros can be written to automate analyses.
  • Imaris: for 3D and 3D+time analysis. Can create surfaces, track cells and generate statistical analyses. Movies can also be created with Imaris.

RNA FISH visualization of TLR7 escape from X inactivation in a memory B lymphocyte, Mélanie Souyris, Eq JC Guéry

 

 

 

Tutorial for FigureJ

Tutorial for ImageJ

Other information


Application forms
Steering comittee
  • Dr L. Dupré (Infinity-Eq Lesourne/Dupré) – Scientific Officer
  • Dr D. Dunia (Infinity-Eq Dunia/Malnou) – Scientific Officer
  • Dr S. Guerder (Infinity- Eq Fazilleau/Guerder)
  • Dr N. Blanchard (Infinity-Eq Blanchard)
  • Dr M. Savignac (Infinity-Eq. Guery)
  • Dr M. Diaz-Munoz (Infinity-Eq Diaz-Munoz)
  • Dr F. Briand –Messange (Infinity-Eq. Poupot/Ausseil)
  • Dr M. Requena (Infinity-Eq Izopet)
  • Dr N. Gaudenzio (Infinity-Eq Gaudenzio)
  • Dr N. Jabrane-Ferrat (Infinity-Eq Jabrane-Ferrat)
  • Dr A. Astier (Infinity-Eq Liblau/Saoudi)
  • Dr J. Kamphuis (Infinity-Eq Reber)
  • Dr O. Joffre (Infinity-Eq van Meerwijk/Joffre)
  • Dr C. Leprince (Infinity-Eq Simon)
  • Dr C. Bonnard (IRSD)
Publications

2022

Maurel S Petitfils C, Payros G

Identification of bacterial lipopeptides as key players in IBS Journal Article

In: Gut, 2022.

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Mars, M.; Neant, I.; Leclerc, C.; Bosch, S.; Rouviere, C.; Moreau, M.; Lachambre, S.; Paul, C.; Tauber, M.; Gravier, E.; Douzal, C.; Duplan, H.; Babin, M.; Brocario, A.; Thouvenin, M. D.; Guery, J. C.; Redoules, D.; Lestienne, F.; Pelletier, L.; Savignac, M.

Ca(v)1.4 calcium channels control cytokine production by human peripheral T(H)17 cells and psoriatic skin-infiltrating T cells Journal Article

In: J Allergy Clin Immunol, vol. 149, no. 4, pp. 1348-1357, 2022, ISSN: 1097-6825 (Electronic) 0091-6749 (Linking).

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2020

Briand-Mésange, Fabienne; Pons, Véronique; Allart, Sophie; Masquelier, Julien; Chicanne, Gaëtan; Beton, Nicolas; Payrastre, Bernard; Muccioli, Giulio G.; Ausseil, Jérôme; Davignon, Jean Luc; Salles, Jean Pierre; Chap, Hugues

Glycerophosphodiesterase 3 (GDE3) is a lysophosphatidylinositol-specific ectophospholipase C acting as an endocannabinoid signaling switch Journal Article

In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 295, no. 46, pp. 15767–15781, 2020, ISSN: 1083351X.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX

2019

Reynier, Marie; Allart, Sophie; Goudounèche, Dominique; Moga, Alain; Serre, Guy; Simon, Michel; Leprince, Corinne

The Actin-Based Motor Myosin Vb Is Crucial to Maintain Epidermal Barrier Integrity. Journal Article

In: The Journal of investigative dermatology, vol. 139, no. 7, pp. 1430–1438, 2019, ISSN: 1523-1747 (Electronic).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX

2018

Rosa, N.; Triffaux, E.; Robert, V.; Mars, M.; Klein, M.; Bouchaud, G.; Canivet, A.; Magnan, A.; Guery, J. C.; Pelletier, L.; Savignac, M.

The beta and alpha2delta auxiliary subunits of voltage-gated calcium channel 1 (Cav1) are required for TH2 lymphocyte function and acute allergic airway inflammation Journal Article

In: J Allergy Clin Immunol, vol. 142, no. 3, pp. 892-903, 2018, ISSN: 1097-6825 (Electronic) 0091-6749 (Linking).

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Souyris, M.; Cenac, C.; Azar, P.; Daviaud, D.; Canivet, A.; Grunenwald, S.; Pienkowski, C.; Chaumeil, J.; Mejia, J. E.; Guery, J. C.

TLR7 escapes X chromosome inactivation in immune cells Journal Article

In: Sci Immunol, vol. 3, no. 19, 2018, ISSN: 2470-9468 (Electronic) 2470-9468 (Linking), (In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. http://www.altmetric.com/details/32261033).

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Rey-Barroso, Javier; Calovi, Daniel S.; Combe, Maud; German, Yolla; Moreau, Mathieu; Canivet, Astrid; Wang, Xiaobo; Sire, Clément; Theraulaz, Guy; Dupré, Loïc

Switching between individual and collective motility in B lymphocytes is controlled by cell-matrix adhesion and inter-cellular interactions Journal Article

In: Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 5800, 2018, ISSN: 2045-2322.

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Houmadi, R.; Guipouy, D.; Rey-Barroso, J.; Vasconcelos, Z.; Cornet, J.; Manghi, M.; Destainville, N.; Valitutti, S.; Allart, S.; Dupre, L.

The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Contributes to the Assembly of the LFA-1 Nanocluster Belt at the Lytic Synapse Journal Article

In: Cell Rep, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 979-991, 2018, ISSN: 2211-1247 (Electronic).

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Capelli, N.; Marion, O.; Dubois, M.; Allart, S.; Bertrand-Michel, J.; Lhomme, S.; Abravanel, F.; Izopet, J.; Chapuy-Regaud, S.

Vectorial Release of Hepatitis E Virus in Polarized Human Hepatocytes Journal Article

In: J Virol, 2018, ISSN: 1098-5514 (Electronic) 0022-538X (Linking).

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2016

Bernard-Valnet, R.; Yshii, L.; Queriault, C.; Nguyen, X. H.; Arthaud, S.; Rodrigues, M.; Canivet, A.; Morel, A. L.; Matthys, A.; Bauer, J.; Pignolet, B.; Dauvilliers, Y.; Peyron, C.; Liblau, R. S.

CD8 T cell-mediated killing of orexinergic neurons induces a narcolepsy-like phenotype in mice Journal Article

In: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 113, no. 39, pp. 10956-61, 2016, ISSN: 1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Linking).

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2015

Lopez, J.; Bittame, A.; Massera, C.; Vasseur, V.; Effantin, G.; Valat, A.; Buaillon, C.; Allart, S.; Fox, B. A.; Rommereim, L. M.; Bzik, D. J.; Schoehn, G.; Weissenhorn, W.; Dubremetz, J. F.; Gagnon, J.; Mercier, C.; Cesbron-Delauw, M. F.; Blanchard, N.

Intravacuolar Membranes Regulate CD8 T Cell Recognition of Membrane-Bound Toxoplasma gondii Protective Antigen Journal Article

In: Cell Rep, 2015, (Nov 23. pii: S2211-1247(15)01288-7. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.11.001.).

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Alumni
  • Lucie Demeersseman, CDD Inserm (2021)
  • Danielle Daviaud, IE Inserm (2017-2020)
  • Astrid Canivet, IE Inserm (2009-2020)
  • Raïssa Houmadi, PhD (2012-2017)
  • Magda Rodrigues, IE Inserm (2008-2016)
  • Daniel Sapede, CDD Inserm (2009-2010)
  • Sabina Mueller, IE Inserm (2001-2005)

Contact & booking


Equipments of the facility are in self-service access after a mandatory training. Booking can be done on the TRI website (demandée).

The imaging facility of Infinity is located at the second floor of the F building, Pavillon Lefebvre, within the CHU Purpan.

Member of TRI-GENOTOUL (Toulouse Réseau Imagerie) ISO 9001:2008 since january 2010 and NF X50-900 since february 2014.

Member of RTMFM – Microscopie Photonique de Fluorescence Multidimensionnelle.

Member of GDR 2588 CNRS-Microscopie fonctionnelle du vivant.

 

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