Abbott 129 Site CLOSED 12/14/2022

Abbott users who need access to KCBD to use the 2-photon or Marianas should send a photo of the back of their ID card to Christine; she will forward that request to the appropriate people and let you know when access is active

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.

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Change in Billing Policy - Effective April 4, 2022

Effective April 4, 2022 we will charge by the time that you book on the scheduler (plus any use running beyond your booking). For full details see our News page.

Acknowledge and Share!

We track publications containing images and data collected in the Light Microscopy Core. Share your most recent publication containing an Integrated Light Microscopy Core Facility acknowledgement with us and receive a credit for 1 hour of microscope time.

You can help us by citing facility equipment used and by 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.

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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

Abbott 129 site CLOSED

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022 we moved the 3i Marianas and Leica 2-photon microscopes from Abbott 129 to the main site in KCBD 1250. The microscopes are re-assembled and available for use. The Abbott site is now closed for remodeling into space for another Core....

Abbott server decommissioned

As part of the move out of Abbott 129, the two Core data servers have been combined into one and the Abbott (IP ending in .24) server is no longer in use. If you had data on that server as of Monday, December 12, 2022, it is now on the KCBD (IP ending in .31) server....

Core Fair 2022

Thursday November 10, 2022 11am-3pm GCIS Atrium Click the image below for a printable .pdf version

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.

Share your most recent publication containing an Integrated Light Microscopy Core Facility acknowledgement with us and receive a credit for one hour of microscope time.

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