Last updated on November 19, 2006

The Cell Imaging Facility is located on the second floors of Morton and Searle Buildings at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in downtown Chicago. Covering a sixteen-room suite of ~2,300 sq. ft, the Cell Imaging Facility provides state-of-the-art light and electron microscopic instruments and consultation to researchers at the Medical School, the Evanston main campus, as well as to users at Children's Memorial Research Center (CMRC).

The facility staff members are committed to providing consultation for experimental designs involving cell imaging, instrument choice, instrument training, sample and control preparation, image analysis, as well as exploring and expanding the use of cutting-edge imaging instruments and techniques. Please explore the capability of various key instruments on this webpage, and please contact the facility staff.

In 2008, the Cell Imaging Facility also join the ranks as one of the eight Nikon Imaging Centers in the world. Users now have access to the state-of-the-art confocal microscopes housed in the Nikon Imaging Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (click here for link to the Nikon Imaging Center website)

The Cell Imaging Facility is generously supported by Northwestern University Office of Research, Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the NU Department of Cell & Molecular Biology.

Your idea/criticism is important to us. We need your input to continue to improve our facility. Please voice your suggestion by e-mailing us, or if you prefer to do so anonymously, please click on the link below:

Office of Research Core Facilities Suggestion Box