Integrated Light Microscopy Core

Working in the Core Facility

The resources of the Light Microscopy Core Facility are available to researchers from the University of Chicago and nationwide. Trained UChicago users have 24/7 access to the facility and are given permission to schedule their own microscope sessions though our online scheduler.

New to the Core? Click the button below to get started.

Acknowledge and Share!

We track publications containing images and data collected in the Light Microscopy Core.

You can help us by using these boilerplates when citing facility equipment used and acknowledging facility contributions in your manuscripts and grants.

Cancer Center members should also cite the Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA014599) when publishing any work assisted by this core facility.

Welcome to Integrated Light Microscopy

a Comprehensive Cancer Center Core

Cancer Center members should cite the Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA014599) when publishing any work assisted by this core facility.

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NEWS

Nikon NSPARC Virtual Seminar and On-Site Demo

Nikon NSPARC Virtual Seminar and On-Site Demo

Join us Thursday February 8th, 2024 at 11am C.T. as Nikon hosts a free 60-minute virtual seminar on the AX R with NSPARC microscope. To register for this event, click here! This presentation will primarily focus on the newly developed Nikon Spatial Array Confocal...

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Switching to OSRF FTP Server

Switching to OSRF FTP Server

The light microscopy core has joined the office of shared research facilities (OSRF) Server, and is in the process of decommissioning our old servers. Users will no longer need to create a server account or map into the server. Click here for new server access...

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CITING THE FACILITY IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT OR GRANT

We track publications containing images and data collected in the Integrated Light Microscopy Core.  You can help us by using our facility and equipment boilerplate information to acknowledge your facility use and / or technical director contributions in your manuscripts and grants.

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