Optical Microscopy Core

Overview of Services

 

This Core provides equipment and expertise to assist investigators in applying sophisticated optical microscopy techniques to their research. Fluorescence and transmitted light microscopy can provide information about the relationships of cells to one another and about the disposition of structures within cells. Images can be obtained in fixed cells and changes in living cells over time can be tracked using time-lapse imaging. Additionally, information about the 3-dimensional arrangement of structures within cells, both fixed and living, is accessible through the use of the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope and Multi-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopes.

 

Please contact Dena Almeida (dalmeid@med.cornell.edu), Sushmita Mukherjee (smukherj@med.cornell.edu ) and Janet Sun (jys2005@med.cornell.edu) directly to arrange for training on any of the Core's microscopes.

 

Facility Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement of the Optical Microscopy and Imaging services of the Microscopy & Image Analysis Core (or individual staff) in publications and presentations helps to demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of this  Core and WCMC Cores in general and can help strengthen institutional support of these services. If you feel that you have received good service from the Core, we would greatly appreciate your including the it in the acknowledgement section of your publications. Please inform us of any acknowledgements as well as the publication of any images that were captured/analyzed using Core instrumentation and software. 

 

Please enter information about publications and grants (submitted and/or funded) that used data generated in the core: https://weillcornellmicroscopy.org/submit-publicationgrant-info

 

 

Getting Started

 

• WCMC Users:  Click HERE to login or register for an iLab account using valid WCMC credentials (CWID).

 

• Non-WCMC Users:  Click HERE to login with approved iLab credentials or to sign up for an iLab account, click HERE.

 

• Visit the iLab Service Request Manual and the iLab Equipment Scheduling Manual for additional guidance using the iLab system.

 

 

Contact

 

Dena Almeida, Senior Core Director

Email:  dalmeid@med.cornell.edu

Phone:  212-746-6146

 

 

Sushmita Mukherjee, Core co-Director

Email:  smukherj@med.cornell.edu

Phone: 646-962-7730

 

Janet Sun

Email: jys2005@med.cornell.edu

 

 

Location and Hours of Operation

Location	Hours
Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Biochemistry 1300 York Avenue, Room A-224 New York, NY 10021	9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday (trained users have access 24-hrs a day)

Links and Resources

 

• http://www.med.cornell.edu/research/rea_sup/opt_microscopy/index.html

• http://www.cornellbiochem.org

 

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Sushmita Mukherjee, PhD	Core Director	646-962-7730	smukherj@med.cornell.edu	A-232A
Janet Sun	Research Specialist		jys2005@med.cornell.edu	A-224

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