Microscope Facility (MicFac)

Mission

Our mission is to facilitate preclinical and basic science research. We are constantly purchasing or building new equipment, so all of our instrumentation and software are state-of-the-art. We are one of the largest and most popular facilities in Baltimore providing microscopy and imaging services. We can assist you in your microscopy or we can train users to operate microscopes themselves. We are proud of our high-quality specimen preparation and the corresponding high quality of images that we provide. Read FAQ to see the ways that we can help you with microscopy.

 

Part of our mission is to train and educate users so that they can best use the services and equipment we provide. In addition to specific instrument training, we offer elective courses for credit, as well as individual workshops that highlight technologies or tools.

 

Because each research question is different, we are eager to help you meet those challenges by designing experimental procedures or developing custom hardware, software or specimen protocols. Let's solve the problem and get the answers together!

 

Call or email us for help with your research needs.

 

Leadership

Scot C. Kuo, Director

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology
skuo@jhu.edu
410-955-4536

 

Location and hours of operation

Hours	Location
open: 24h/day, 7d/week staff: 8:30a - 5:00p Mon-Fri	Physiology Bldg, Rm G04, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205

Links and Resources

1. JHU SOM Microscope Facility (MicFac)
2. MicFac WebCalendar (reservations)

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
MicFac Staff		410-614-6890	microscopy@jhmi.edu	Physiology Building GO4

Available Equipment and Resources

▼ ► Advanced Fluor. Microscopes (5)

Name Price MolDev IXM High Content Imager   3i Lattice Light Sheet   GE OMX SR (SIM Super-Resolution)   Nikon Ti2 with iLas2 Ring-TIRF Next-Generation Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscopy   Asylum MFP-3D-BIO Atomic Force Microscope

▼ ► Basic Fluor. Microscopes (4)

Name Price Olympus IX81 Ratio/FRET   Olympus BX51 Color Histology   Nikon SMD1 Dissecting, Color+Fluorescence   Olympus BX61 Basic

▼ ► Confocal Microscopes (7)

Name Price Zeiss LSM 700 Confocal   Zeiss LSM 710NLO Confocal (multiphoton)   Zeiss LSM 780 FCS Confocal   Zeiss LSM 800 GaAsP Confocal   Zeiss LSM880-Airyscan FAST Super-Resolution Single-point, laser scanning confocal microscope   Nikon Eclipse Ti2-E with Yokogawa CSU-W1 SoRA Super-Resolution Spinning Disk Confocal   Nikon Spinning Disk Confocal & dSTORM Super-Resolution Modular & customizable optics/microinjection

▼ ► Electron Microscope (3)

Name Price Hitachi 7600 TEM   ThermoFisher Talos L120C   Zeiss Leo FE-SEM

▼ ► Sample Preparation (3)

Name Price Leica CM3050S Cryostat   Leica EM ICE High Pressure Freezer   Leica Ultracut

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