Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy

Bruce Molitoris, M.D.
950 West Walnut Street, R2 233; IUPUI
(317) 274-5287
(317) 274-8575 FAX
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The microscopy center is a light microscopy core facility that provides state-of-the-art imaging capabilities to Indiana University researchers. The mission of the center is to enhance the quality of research and the competitiveness of grant applications from Indiana University investigators by: 1) providing ready access to state-of-the-art imaging equipment that would be impractically expensive for individual laboratories; 2) providing a level of imaging expertise that guarantees effective exploitation of the imaging technologies of the center; 3) adapting center instruments to maximize their productive utilization by investigators regardless of their microscopy or computer expertise; 4) enhancing the productive utilization of the center through a program of education, including seminars, courses, and individual training; and 5) developing and disseminating new methods of microscopy and digital image analysis appropriate to biomedical research. The center provides high resolution confocal epifluorescence and multiphoton microscopy of cells, tissues and organs in living animals and fixed samples, and development of methods for imaging and digital image analysis.