Pennsylvania State University

Contact Info:

Gang Ning

https://www.huck.psu.edu/core-facilities/microscopy-facility

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_024457

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Relevant Publications:

1.) Sha Z, Pedley AM, Iles TD, Zhang S, Staub JR, Zhou R, Benkovic SJ (2026 Feb 3). Coordination of cell organelles to promote metabolon formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(5), e2532504123. . PMCID: 12867647.

2.) Kaur R, Kalra M, Imchen M, Crowley BL, McGarry A, Carpenter L, Bordenstein SR (2025 Oct 8). Histone acetylation modulation by a small molecule inhibitor recapitulates symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility Cell reports, 44(10), 116416. . PMCID: 12742318.

3.) Monclova JL, Simon SD, Manning KB, Costanzo F (2025 Oct). Characterization of the In Situ Stress State of Blood Clots in Ischemic Stroke: The Effect of Initial Conditions and Arterial Interaction. International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering, 41(10), e70094. . PMCID: 12494024.

4.) Monclova JL, Walsh DJ, Hummel ME, Weatherwax S, Costanzo F, Simon SD, Manning KB (2025 Oct). Development, characterization, and curve fitting of rate-dependent models of calcified cerebral embolus analogs for acute ischemic stroke. Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 24(5), 1855-1874. . PMID: 40817953.

5.) Rios KT, McGee JP, Sebastian A, Gedara SA, Moritz RL, Feric M, Absalon S, Swearingen KE, Lindner SE (2025 Jan). Widespread release of translational repression across Plasmodium's host-to-vector transmission event. PLoS pathogens, 21(1), e1012823. . PMID: 39777415.

6.) Monclova JL, Walsh DJ, Barraclough T, Hummel ME, Goetz I, Kannojiya V, Costanzo F, Simon SD, Manning KB (2024 Nov). A hyper-viscoelastic uniaxial characterization of collagenous embolus analogs in acute ischemic stroke. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 159(), 106690. . PMID: 39205348.

7.) Rios KT, McGee JP, Sebastian A, Moritz RL, Feric M, Absalon S, Swearingen KE, Lindner SE (2024 Mar 16). Global Release of Translational Repression Across Plasmodium's Host-to-Vector Transmission Event. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), . . PMID: 38352447.

8.) Kaur R, McGarry A, Shropshire JD, Leigh BA, Bordenstein SR (2024 Mar 7). Prophage proteins alter long noncoding RNA and DNA of developing sperm to induce a paternal-effect lethality Science (New York, N.Y.), 383(6687), 1111-1117. . PMCID: 11187695.

9.) Kannojiya V, Almasy SE, Monclova JL, Contreras J, Costanzo F, Manning KB (2024). Characterizing thrombus adhesion strength on common cardiovascular device materials. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 12(), 1438359. . PMID: 39205855.

Description:

Microscopy facility specializes in areas of optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and histology. Facility is equipped with confocal microscopes, research fluorescence microscopes, and transmission and scanning electron microscopes. Research staff engage in experimentation, training, project collaboration, and consultation.