Microscopy and Imaging Module

项目总结-显微镜检查 40多年来，显微镜和成像核心设施（MICF）一直是 威尔默P30核心补助金，从提供透射和扫描电子显微镜， 为视觉科学家及其合作者提供多样化的先进设备。我们 研究人员社区包括近180名动手用户。眼科部 史密斯大楼容纳MICF，允许方便地访问共焦，多光子，电子 显微镜检查、高通量筛选、荧光激活细胞分选（FACS）和组织学检查 这些调查人员的装备。将这些资源集中在一个位置， 所有人都可以访问，导致了一个高效和协作的研究计划， 大量NIH资助的项目和出版物证明了这一核心 支持：在过去五年中，超过175篇出版物，其中50%是与 investigators.该模块支持的人员在眼科领域拥有70年的经验 研究，提供设备培训和维护，实验设计咨询， 经常与设施用户合作开发新的方法。

PROJECT SUMMARY - MICROSCOPY For over 40 years, the Microscopy and Imaging Core Facility (MICF) has been a module in the Wilmer P30 Core Grant, evolving from providing transmission and scanning electron microscopy to providing diverse, state of the art equipment to vision scientists and their collaborators. Our community of researchers includes nearly 180 hands on users. The Department of Ophthalmology’s Smith Building houses the MICF, allowing convenient access to confocal, multiphoton, electron microscopy, high throughput screening, fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS) and histological equipment to these investigators. Having these resources housed within one location, easily accessible to all, has resulted in a highly productive and collaborative research program, as demonstrated by the extensive number of NIH-funded projects and publications this Core has supported: over 175 publications during the past five years, of which 50% are collaborations between investigators. The personnel supported by this module have a combined 70 years’ experience in eye research, providing equipment training and maintenance, consultation on experimental design and frequently develop new methodologies in collaboration with the facility users.