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Integrated Microscopy Resource
Integrated Microscopy Resource (IMR)
An NIH Biomedical Research Technology Resource
Director: John G.White
Deputy Director: Victoria Centonze Frohlich
Co-investigator: Hans Ris
The Integrated Microscopy Resource (IMR) is a national resource funded
by the Biological Research Technologies Program of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). The resource provides innovative instrumentation and skilled
personnel to enable investigators to observe their specimens using powerful,
new light and electron microscopy techniques. Optical sectioning light microscopy
can provide 3-D dynamic (4-D) information on live specimens while rapid
cryo preservation techniques allow ultrastructural characterization at a
defined timepoint. Topographic and ultrastructural information can be obtained
by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission
electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. The integrating of LM, FESEM and
TEM is capable of providing the combination of structural and functional
information. The IMR has an active instrumentation development program that
is aimed at developing improved methods of optical sectioning microscopy
for in vivo imaging. In addition, specimen preparation techniques
are being developed that allow samples to be preserved with a high degree
of structural fidelity for FESEM and TEM.

The Integrated Microscopy Resource Web site has been selected by
The McKinley Group's professional editorial team as a "4-Star" site.
Symposium and Short Course on Applications of
Multi-Photon Excitation Imaging
August 9-August 11, 1997 - Cleveland, Ohio
Second Annual Symposium on Integrated
Microscopy - Sept 20th-Sept 22nd 1996
First Annual Symposium on Integrated
Microscopy - Sept 29th-Oct 1st 1995
Instruments and Facilities
Optical
trapping
Confocal imaging system
Four-dimensional image archival
system
Multi-photon imaging system
for in vivo fluorescence microscopy
Rapid cryo immobilization /
specimen preparation
Field-emission scanning
electron microscope (FESEM)
TEM at the IMR
Other IMR Information
Selected Publications from the IMR
IMR History, Mission and Research Activities
IMR Staff
Application Procedures
IMR Web Server Statistics
MB/IMR Computing Information
Directory of Microscopists on the Internet
Directory of Microscopists on the Net
Microscopists on the Net - Entry Form
Integrated Microscopy Resource
1675 Observatory Drive
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706-1205
General Information: (608) 265-3083
Optical Microscopy: (608) 263-6288
Electron Microscopy: (608) 263-8481
Resource Fax: (608) 265-4076
Resource Email: imradmin@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
This page is currently maintained by Dawn N. Volkman and Kevin Eliceiri.
If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions, email us at dvolkman@students.wisc.edu.
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