University of Pennsylvania

Contact Info:

Bruce Freedman

https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/core-resources-facilities/imaging-core

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_022436

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Relevant Publications:

1.) Pardy RD, Walzer KA, Wallbank BA, Byerly JH, O'Dea KM, Cohn IS, Haskins BE, Roncaioli JL, Smith EJ, Buenconsejo GY, Striepen B, Hunter CA (2024 May). Analysis of intestinal epithelial cell responses to Cryptosporidium highlights the temporal effects of IFN-γ on parasite restriction. PLoS pathogens, 20(5), e1011820. . PMCID: 11078546.

Description:

Provides access to optical imaging capabilities for researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Wistar Institute. Provides instruments and expertise to perform widefield, confocal, multiphoton/intravital imaging, fluorescence lifetime imaging, high content live cell screening, long term single cell imaging, second harmonic imaging, structured illumination super resolution, and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, as well as software tools for image analysis. Core has adjacent (in and out) ULAR approved facility to house animals for long term live animal studies.