University of Pittsburgh

Contact Info:

Krishna Prasadan

4401 Penn Avenue

Rangos Research Center

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

https://www.pediatrics.pitt.edu/research/cores-and-research-support/cell-imaging-core-laboratory

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_025132

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Image Aquisition

Image Data Management

Immunofluorescence

Immunohistochemistry

Relevant Publications:

1.) Meyer MD, Bergkessel M, DePas WH (2026 Jul 23). Activation of the antibiotic resistance factor WhiB7 can stimulate aggregate biofilm formation in stationary phase Mycobacterium smegmatis by reinitiating translation. Journal of bacteriology, 208(7), e0007626. . PMCID: 13393426.

2.) Wang YH, D'Amico I, Whalen J, Mullett SJ, Gelhaus SL, Cooper VS, Armbruster CR, DePas WH (2025 Dec 23). Experimental evolution in the cystic fibrosis chemical environment reveals early TCA cycle flux as a central regulator of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm formation Biofilm, 11(), 100343. . PMCID: 12811641.

Description:

Cell and Tissue imaging on confocal microscopes. 1. Zeiss LSM 710 confocal 2. Leical Sp8 confocl. 3. Leica Stellaris 5 confocal