Optical Imaging Platform

Subject: User Access 2026

  • With our newly upgraded facility soon to be open, entry to the Optical Imaging Platform is secured via access card access.
  • As with previous years, users are required to renew their annual access. Please note that access privileges will only be activated once the 2026 User Access Renewal Fee has been paid.
  • Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you back to the facility!
 

Overview of Services

About Us:

Monash University Malaysia's Optical Imaging Platform (OIP) provides world-class optical imaging with its core facilities. OIP's technologies include multiphoton microscopy, fluorescence and confocal microscopy, which cater to a diverse range of morphological and functional characterisation in biomedical sciences. All technologies are underpinned by bioimage analysis and research training.

Services:

■ Specialist Service #1: Advanced Light And Fluorescence Microscopy
■ Specialist Service #2: Live-Cell Imaging
■ Specialist Service #3: Optical Sectioning And 3D Analysis
■ Specialist Service #4: Image Analytics
■ Specialist Service #5: Histology-specialised equipment for histological and morphological analysis.

Equipment and Technology:

Our instrumentation is sourced from major light microscopy companies, including Leica, Nikon, Olympus and Carl Zeiss. We offer access to:

■ Confocal laser scanning microscopy
■ Widefield fluorescence microscopy/ Inverted live cell imaging system
■ Stereomicroscopy (at Animal Research Platform)
■ Image analysis using Fiji/ ImageJ open source software
■ Histology facilities: Cryostat, ultramicrotome, vibratome, 

Leadership

Dr Syafiq Asnawi
Director of MUM Optical Imaging Platform
 03-5514 6282
syafiq.asnawi@monash.edu

Location and hours of operation

Hours Location

Monday - Friday
8.00 AM - 5.00 PM

MUM Optical Imaging Platform, Building 3 Level 3 Room 39 (3-3-39), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Links and Resources

  1. MUM Optical Imaging Platform
  2. MUM OIP Linkedin

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Marshita
Training & Consultation
 
03 5514 6372
 
marshita.idris@monash.edu
 
3-3-41
 
Haziq Faisal
Admin
 

 
haziq.faisal@monash.edu
 
3-3-41
 

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