Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy
Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy
Indiana University Medical Center
Located in Suites 233 and 243 of the Research 2 Building
Funding from the University, the Medical School, the Division of Nephrology, the NIH and the Lilly Endowment has given Indiana University a world-class center for biomedical microscopy. The Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy is a light microscopy Core Facility that provides state-of-the-art imaging capabilities to Indiana University researchers. Researchers are trained to operate facility equipment, which they may then use independently at a reasonable hourly rate.
The Center is also actively engaged in developing new methods of microscopy, including microscopy of living cells and intravital multiphoton microscopy of living animals. The Research & Development activities of the Center have recently been acknowledged with the designation as an NIH O’Brien National Center for Renal Microscopy.
The mission of the Center is to enhance the quality of research and the competitiveness of grant applications from Indiana University investigators by:
- Providing hands-on access to state-of-the-art confocal, multiphoton and deconvolution microscope systems that would be impractically expensive for individual laboratories.
- Providing a level of imaging expertise that guarantees effective exploitation of the imaging technologies of the Center.
- Adapting Center instruments to maximize their productive utilization by investigators regardless of their microscopy or computer expertise.
- Enhancing the productive utilization of the Center through a program of education, including seminars, courses and individual training.
- Developing and disseminating new methods of microscopy and digital image analysis appropriate to biomedical research.