Core Facilities Seminar Series - Fall 2024

Fundamentals and Advanced Techniques Using Transmitted Light. Part 1 of Light Microscopy Three-Part Seminar Series. 

Presenter: Dhimitraq Nikolla, 2nd year core summer intern. (pizza will be provided)

Fluorescence Microscopy and Optimization for Perfect Image Acquisition. Part 2 of Light Microscopy Three-Part Seminar Series. 

Presenter: Dhimitraq Nikolla, 2nd year core summer intern. (pizza will be provided)

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques and Super Resolution. Part 3 of Light Microscopy Three-Part Seminar Series. 

Presenter: Dhimitraq Nikolla, 2nd year core summer intern. (pizza will be provided)

Featuring an expert panel discussion about creating more just and equitable futures for health technologies and presentations by six HT4P-sponsored student and postdoctoral fellows from across the UMass campus!

Come learn about the facility's new cryo-EM capabilities! Introducing the Tundra cryo-TEM, followed by a research talk on how cryo-EM is helping one lab uncover the molecular mechanisms of long-term memory.

Speaker(s) : Emily Agnello, PhD - Assistant Director, EM Core Facility; Meg Stratton, PhD - Associate Professor, MCB Program Director; Ruth Adafia - PhD candidate in the Stratton Lab

Wei Cui, Director of Animal Models and Extension Associate Professor Veterinary & Animal Sciences. The Animal Models Core Facility continues to provide essential services like in vitro fertilization (IVF), embryo transfer, transgenics, and CRISPR-mediated knockouts (KOs) and knock-ins (KIs) in mice.