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.

New User Checklist

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 (2P30CA014599) when publishing any work assisted by this core facility.

SERVER Access INSTRUCTIONS

OSRF FTP Server Access Instructions

FileZilla Instructions

NEWS

ImageJ/Fiji Image Processing Workshop Summer Session

Please join us for our upcoming ImageJ/Fiji Image Processing Summer Workshop taught by Dr. Christine Labno. Click here to register! Course materials are available on Google Drive or UChicago Box. Flier link: Image J Summer_Seminar_06.18.2025

Materials for Macro Writing Workshop 11-21-2024

You can get the materials from Google Drive or UChicago Box.

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.

IS YOUR FAVORITE MICROSCOPE RUNNING?

Click to check microscope status