Laboratory Instruments

Dong lab, Leica SP5 Details
Meriney lab, Leica SP5 Details
O'Donnell lab, Nikon Confocal Details
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The Microscopy and Imaging Suite is located at 101 Langley Hall. It is a shared facility equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for optical and electron microscopy, and Flow Cytometry. We are open to all members at the University of Pittsburgh and outside users.  We are happy to assist students and researchers with their projects in all aspects. Please contact Chaowei Shang for experimental design, equipment training, staff-operated image acquisition, and image analysis. All users must be trained by Facility staff to access the equipment.

For any publications using data produced at our facility, please acknowledge us with the RRID number: SCR_022084.

 

 

Browse Microscopes

Browse Flow Cytometer

 

How to use the equipment?

Contact Chaowei (discuss which microscope to use, experimental design, etc.) → Schedule a time for training → Register as a new user on the FOM scheduling system (a financial account is needed) → Get trained → For first-time use please schedule a time during work hours just in case you need assistance → You are free to use the scope on your own (You can access the microscopes at any time)


 

News & Announcements

09/30/2021
Welcome Dr. Chaowei Shang

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Chaowei Shang our new Microscopy Facility Director!

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08/27/2021
Tom Retires

A hearty congrats to Mr Tom Harper on his well deserved retirement.  Tom has served the universty's microscopy communityt for over 40 years.  Here's to good...

12/19/2019
Congrats to Tom on forty years!

Congrats to Microscopist Tom Harper for his forty year tenure at the university!

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02/25/2016
Microscopy and Imaging Suite is moving to FOM scheduling suite

Our current online scheduler for the Microscopy Suite, Quartzy, is dropping the scheduling service as of March 4.

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