Core Facilities

May 2012 - Image of the Month
May 2012, Hippocampal section from a 3-week old piglet   Neurons have been labeled with NeuN (green) and newly divided cells have been labeled with BrdU (red).  The goal of this study is to determine how long after cell division, a newly divided neuron starts to express NeuN. Image Provided by Matthew Conrad, Rod Johnson's Lab

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Image Provided by: Matthew Conrad, Rod Johnson's Lab

Mission

The Core Facilities at the IGB is a state-of-the-art resource for biological microscopy and image analysis. The core mission of the facility is to provide IGB faculty, as well as faculty from across campus with the tools and expertise to meet their imaging goals. In addition to providing technical assistance in acquiring and analyzing microscopy images the staff is also able to aid in designing and interpreting experiments. Check out this video to find out more about the Core Facilities.

Education

The Core Facilities train over one hundred new users a year on one or more instruments and are co-hosting a bioimaging camp for middle school girls with GAMES.

Our new user procedures guide new users through the training process.  To request training, please fill out our training request form.  Users have access to IGB disk space through the IGB computer and network resource group to transfer data.

Collaboration

In addition to the typical fee for training and instrument time, collaborations with the core facilities staff can be beneficial in the development of unique methods or capabilities.  Publications containing work performed in the core facilities should use these guidelines for acknowledging the core facilities.

Brochure

In addition to the Core Facilities, there are other Campus Resources available to faculty, staff and students.