Facilities and Resources
Image Library
Visit our Flickr page to download high resolution images highlighting faculty, research, student activities, and departmental events.
Visual and Brand Guidelines
To maintain a consistent brand image, refer to the Cockrell School of Engineering's Communications and Marketing guidelines when producing materials for the BME Department.
Templates
Templates and resources are available from the Cockrell School.
Editorial Style Guilde
Consistent writing enhances audiences' understanding of the university. Access the UT editorial style guide.
Poster Printing
The department is committed to assisting biomedical engineering students and faculty communicate research to colleagues at professional meetings, poster sessions, and seminars. Find out how to print your poster.
UT Office of Trademark Licensing
Using the official UT Austin wordmark, UT Tower, UT Austin seal, Bevo, or other UT-protected marks? These MUST first be approved through the Office of Trademark Licensing. View a list of protected marks. Use the Process for Approval to submit requests to use these marks and find UT-approved vendors.
Branded Zoom Backgrounds
The department has a photographic quality printer exclusively for printing posters for research conferences and presentations for biomedical engineering students and faculty.
The standard paper for this printer is 42 inches wide photo satin roll paper. This means that one of the sides of your poster can be no longer than 42 inches.
The format for posters is Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe PDF.
Submit posters to bme.store@austin.utexas.edu and they will be processed in the order received.
- Please be sure your poster is ready for final printing before submitting. The process is too expensive for printing proofs or drafts.
- Please allow two business days to print your poster.
- Please indicate the dimensions (in inches) of your poster.
We will reply to your email submission when the poster is ready to pick up or if we have any questions.
If you have a need for other large format printing such as banners, photographs, or different formats, please contact bme.store@austin.utexas.edu for more information.
Tunnel Lab Confocal/Two Photon Microscope
The Department of Biomedical Engineering operates a shared multiphoton/confocal microscope for use by both internal UT Austin users and external users.
For rentals outside of UT Austin, please contact Carlos Alonso.
Specifications:
- Bruker (previously Prairie Technologies) Ultima IV
- Upright microscope with capabilities for intra vital imaging
- Four multiphoton imaging channels used with excitation from the tunable femtosecond laser (690–1040nm; MaiTai HP, Spectra Physics)
- Three confocal imaging channels used with excitation from four selectable laser lines (405nm, 488nm, 561nm, 643nm)
- Resonant scanners for video rate imaging
- Automated specimen stage with large scan range
- Integrated epifluorescence
- High speed shuttering via pockel cell scanning
The rates to use the microscope are:
Unassisted users: $45/hr
Assisted users: $80/hr
• Training (assisted use) is required for first-time users and is recommended for experienced users who are performing an unfamiliar operation.
• Listed fees are for UT Austin campuses only.
Warning: This system includes several lasers and may be hazardous if used improperly or by untrained personnel. Before reserving this microscope, you are required to complete laser safety training (OH304). By requesting to use this microscope you are acknowledging that you have received that training and are assuming all risks associated with using this microscope.
Requests should be at least made 24 hours in advance, Monday through Friday between 8:30am– 4:30pm.
Seidlits Lab Leica SP8 Confocal Microscopy
The Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a Leica SP8 Confocal Microscopy for use by internal UT Austin users.
Specifications:
- 405, 488, 563, 647nm excitation wavelengths
- 4 PMT
- Objectives are 4x, 10x, 40x, and 63x
- Equipped with an Ibidi live cell imaging chamber with temperature and tri-gas regulation.
- Training is required from the Dr. Seidlits lab.
Beginning November 9, 2023, the cost to use the microscope is $45/hr.
Requests should be at least made 24 hours in advance, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
