Dr. Gary Bird operates one of the confocal microscopes.
The Fluorescence Microscopy and Imaging Center (FMIC) is a core facility for use by employees of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), located in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina (NC), USA. NIEHS is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The FMIC provides researchers in the NIEHS Division of Intramural Research (DIR) access to a variety of techniques that push the envelope on 3D cellular imaging. Most of the techniques are centered on obtaining digitized images of fluorescent cells from a confocal microscope.
This Web site is designed to make NIEHS intramural scientists aware of:
Specific equipment and capabilities within the FMIC
Information new users need to use the FMIC equipment
Confocal microscopy protocols
Personnel that can be relied upon to help
The site also provides information to the NIEHS and non-NIEHS community on:
Underlying concepts of confocal microscopy and related techniques, including examples
Types of research projects that have successfully used confocal microscopy at NIEHS