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Confocal Microscopy Core
Director: Nancy Kedersha
Location: One Jimmy Fund Way, Smith Building, Rm 630, Boston

Core Summary:

The Confocal Microscopy Core provides access and assistance in the use of confocal microscopy with additional capabilities in live-cell imaging and photobleaching studies.

Personnel/Contact Information:

Director: Nancy Kedersha, Ph.D.
Phone: (617) 525-1210
Fax: (617) 525-1310
Email: nkedersha@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Other Staff:

Manager: Tyler Hickman
Phone: (617) 515-1214
Fax: (617) 525-1310
Email: thickman@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Facilities and Equipment:

Location of the Core:

The facility is located at One Jimmy Fund Way, Smith Building, Room 630, Boston.

Major Equipment:

Nikon TE2000-U inverted microscope with a C1 Plus Confocal System outfitted with 3 excitation lasers, a high resolution CCD camera with 4 excitation filters, and DIC/Nomarski optics. A microscope incubator with CO2 is available for live-cell imaging.

Services:

Confocal microscopy
Live-cell imaging
Photobleaching studies
Widefield imaging
DIC/Nomarski imaging

Fee Schedule/Rates:

Service	BWH	Non-BWH
All confocal uses:
With technician	$60/hour	$105/hour
Without technician *	$40/hour	$70/hour
* This option is only available for frequent users who have undergone training by the technician and have been authorized as "independent users".

Getting Started:

To access the core, please visit the "New Users" section of our website:

http://confocal.bwh.harvard.edu/NewUsers.htm

Links to other outside Academic and Commercially Available Services:

Institution	Contact	Website
BIDMC	Daniel Brown (617) 667-4188	http://research.bidmc.harvard.edu/Corelabs/Microscopy.asp
University of Massachusetts	Chris Woodcock (413) 545-3751	http://www.bio.umass.edu/microscopy/index.html
Tufts University	Ron Willson (617) 636-6607	http://www.tufts.edu/sackler/cmdb/core_research.htm
Harvard University	Jamin DeProto (617) 432-3108	http://www.hms.harvard.edu/core/cb_confocal.html
Johns Hopkins University	Douglas Murphy (410) 955-4536	http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/micfac/

Departmental Web Link:

http://confocal.bwh.harvard.edu/