The School of Medicine Light Microscopy Facility is a state-of-the-art imaging resource for the UCSD community. Designed with the needs of UCSD labs in mind, the facility features Super resolution, 2-photon, confocal and deconvolution capabilities. The equipment currently available for use includes an OMX Structured Illumination System, Leica SP5 Spectral Confocal and Multiphoton, Olympus FV1000 Spectral Confocal, a Perkin Elemer UltraVIEW Vox Spinning Disk, a NanoZoomer Slide Scanner, a Deltavision RT Deconvolution System, an MMI Laser Microsection System, and Olympus MVX10 Macro-View Stereoscope. The facility is managed by a microscopy expert who provides consultation as well as training and technical assistance, and employs a student asisstant, who as part of their duties helps provide technical assistance as required to facility users. All equipment and specialized imaging software is available for hourly use. An expert histologist is available to perform specialized histology services including Clarity of tissues for deep imaging and Array Tomography for high resolution and correlative microscopy.
Microscope core is all BSL1 rated, and only room 002 (Perkin Elmer Spinning Disk) is rated for BSL2.
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Role |
Phone |
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Jennifer Santini Dr. Binhai Zheng |
Associate Dev. Eng. Associate Professor |
Managing Director Director |
(858)534-0538 (858) 534-5807 |
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Dr. William Mobley |
Chair of Neurosciences |
Supervising PI |
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Staffed Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F
Hours Open: 24/7 with access
Location: CMME Rm B009
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Jennifer Santini |
Managing Director
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858-534-0538
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jsantini@ucsd.edu
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CMME B006
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Heather Pfeffer |
Fiscal Contact
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858-822-2106
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hpfeffer@ucsd.edu
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BSB B302
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Binhai Zheng |
Director
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858-534-5807
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binhai@health.ucsd.edu
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Leichtag
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Marcy Erb |
Histologist / Microscopist
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858-534-8803
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merb@health.ucsd.edu
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CMME 3006
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