Wake Forest Microscopy Core Covid-19 Operational Guidelines Adoption of these new practices and guidelines are intended to limit physical interactions and promote a safe work environment for all microscopy facility users. Updated Regulations and Distancing Rules: 24 hour advanced electronic equipment signup/scheduled strongly encouraged (no drop-in usage) Imaging sessions should include 30 minute gaps to…
The Conner Lab recently published an article titled “Characteristics of tiger moth (Erebidae: Arctiinae) anti-bat sounds can be predicted from tymbal morphology.” In this article, the facilities Amray 1810 SEM microscope was used to image the thorax of tiger moths. Undergraduate researchers Erika Metzler, James Clemmons, Thisbe Scholfield-Johnson, and Kahla Seymour participated in obtaining the SEM…
At Wake Forest we pride we pride ourselves on the wonderful collaborative environment between departments. In the imaging field we move forward with collaboration between biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, and even computer scientists. The Lukesh Lab has recently published two papers on fluorescent probes they have developed that allow biologists to visualize lipid droplets and…
This spring, we opened the doors to the new microscopy teaching lab! The microscopy teaching center (MTC) has been a long term goal of the core with Dr. Glen Marrs beginning the process approximately five years ago. Typically, teaching labs are set up with old clunky microscopes, which are challenging to use and only…
This year the core has been quite busy, and many papers have been published! Check out all the work that has been done! J. K. Muhlemann, T. L. B. Younts, G. K. Muday, Flavonols control pollen tube growth and integrity by regulating ROS homeostasis during high-temperature stress. PNAS. 115, E11188–E11197 (2018). E.R. Shuppe, M.J. Fuxjager,…
The Johnson Lab recently published “Unexpected role of a conserved domain in the first extracellular loop in G protein-coupled receptor trafficking.” The lead author was graduate student Michael Rizzo who performed his experiments on the Zeiss 710 confocal microscope in the Winston Hall microscopy core. Also involved in this study were undergraduate researchers John “Jack”…
We keep statistics for all sorts of things from July 1- June 30th every year. One of the most important statistic for us is the number and type of publications that come from researchers utilizing our core facility. We are hoping with the second site Downtown, 3 more pieces of equipment, and new hires we…
This week we had new fluorescent microscope installed. It is called the Echo Revolve microscope. (https://discover-echo.com) It can be used as an inverted microscope (samples in dishes) or as a upright microscope (slides, material samples). Also, the Muday lab will be using it in a horizontal position to perform gravitropic experiments. The microscope has:…
Looking to take your data up to the next level? Join us for an image analysis workshop put on by Aivia on 2/28 9-10 Introduction to Image Analysis 10-12 Try out Virtual Reality 1-5 Bring your images and have Aivia help you with analysis Click here to register!
We have recently created some “cheat sheets” to help our users on the confocal microscope. They, along with other techniques can be found in Acquisition & Analysis. Airyscan Handbook & Airyscan Processing
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