Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR)
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Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR). Microscopy for all of VU and VUMC. Light microscopy and electron microscopy. Image analysis. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/
I think all imaging scientists and microscopy core facility personnel already know we have the greatest jobs in the world, but it's nice to see it written. #microscopy #imaging 🔬😊💯 Vanderbilt friends, come see us to "look at random things through fancy microscopes"!
I used to think I wanted to be a scientist, but when I really reflect, I just wanted to look at random things through fancy microscopes.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I think all imaging scientists and microscopy core facility personnel already know we have the greatest jobs in the world, but it's nice to see it written. #microscopy #imaging 🔬😊💯 Vanderbilt friends, come see us to "look at random things through fancy microscopes"!
Great explanation for #MicroscopyMonday on when to use or not use a Maximum Intensity Projection during your image analysis. "Extracting 3D information from 2D projections is akin to estimating the volume, surface, and content properties form a crushed beverage can"
Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data?
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
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#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great explanation for #MicroscopyMonday on when to use or not use a Maximum Intensity Projection during your image analysis. "Extracting 3D information from 2D projections is akin to estimating the volume, surface, and content properties form a crushed beverage can"
Happy #FluorescenceFriday and #HappyHalloween! Spider web or microtubule web? Let's check the scale bar. 5 microns. Great lesson in the importance of a #scalebar. (Microtubules to scale, spider not to scale) 🎃👻🕷️🕸️
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday and #HappyHalloween! Spider web or microtubule web? Let's check the scale bar. 5 microns. Great lesson in the importance of a #scalebar. (Microtubules to scale, spider not to scale) 🎃👻🕷️🕸️
We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
The CISR is hosting a webinar and demonstration of the Zeiss LSM910 with Lightfield 4D microscope. Join the webinar next Thursday, Oct. 30 at 11 AM. Then contact Jenny Schafer with CISR or Cumberland Dugan with Zeiss to sign up for a demo time the week of Nov. 10. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The CISR is hosting a webinar and demonstration of the Zeiss LSM910 with Lightfield 4D microscope. Join the webinar next Thursday, Oct. 30 at 11 AM. Then contact Jenny Schafer with CISR or Cumberland Dugan with Zeiss to sign up for a demo time the week of Nov. 10. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Trying out a new color combo for today, Friday, October 3. Mitochondria (MitoTracker) in turquoise, nucleus (DAPI) in orange. Confocal Airyscan, tile, MIP. 🧡💚🔬
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Trying out a new color combo for today, Friday, October 3. Mitochondria (MitoTracker) in turquoise, nucleus (DAPI) in orange. Confocal Airyscan, tile, MIP. 🧡💚🔬
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🌍🎗️ Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay. Cancer impacts millions of people around the world and our scientists are working to tackle cancer from every angle: genes, metabolism, drug discovery, and more. Learn more about cancer research being done at our school 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🌍🎗️ Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay. Cancer impacts millions of people around the world and our scientists are working to tackle cancer from every angle: genes, metabolism, drug discovery, and more. Learn more about cancer research being done at our school 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
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#HappyFluorescenceFriday!
#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!
Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD
#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!
Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#HappyFluorescenceFriday!
#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!
Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD
#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!
Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD
Great opportunity for a "Train the Trainer" workshop for light microscopy facility people! Check it out here. #microscopy #cores
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great opportunity for a "Train the Trainer" workshop for light microscopy facility people! Check it out here. #microscopy #cores
Join VI4 for Mega Microbe on September 27! This is always a fun event for kids in the Nashville area. CISR-EM will be showing off some cool EM instruments and will show how beautiful these tiny bacteria can be! 🔬🦠🏫
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join VI4 for Mega Microbe on September 27! This is always a fun event for kids in the Nashville area. CISR-EM will be showing off some cool EM instruments and will show how beautiful these tiny bacteria can be! 🔬🦠🏫
Looking forward to this joint conference in Montreal! Global BioImaging (GBI) & BioImaging North America (BINA). Registration ends soon! Dr. Jenny Schafer will be representing the CISR. Say hello! #GBIxBINA2025 #BioimagingCommunity #HybridConference #Imaging2025 globalbioimaging.org/exchange-of-...
Exchange of Experience 2025 | Global BioImaging
Applications closed on 7 March 2025 The Program Committee for the EoE2025: Claire Brown (McGill University, Canada) Clara Prats (University of Copenhagen, Denm…
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August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Looking forward to this joint conference in Montreal! Global BioImaging (GBI) & BioImaging North America (BINA). Registration ends soon! Dr. Jenny Schafer will be representing the CISR. Say hello! #GBIxBINA2025 #BioimagingCommunity #HybridConference #Imaging2025 globalbioimaging.org/exchange-of-...
Drumroll please 🥁 We're excited to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! 🔬🏅
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Drumroll please 🥁 We're excited to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! 🔬🏅
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
Tomorrow! First Tuesday of the month. CISR Office Hours. 9:00-11:00 AM. Come see us in 704 Light Hall and/or T-2216 MCN, and ask anything microscopy related!
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August 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tomorrow! First Tuesday of the month. CISR Office Hours. 9:00-11:00 AM. Come see us in 704 Light Hall and/or T-2216 MCN, and ask anything microscopy related!
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Submissions have closed, and NEXT WEEK we will be announcing the WINNERS of the 2nd Annual Life Is Beautiful CISR Image Contest! Stay tuned! To get everyone excited, let's enjoy these 3 beautiful winners from last year! 🔬🎨🏆
August 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Submissions have closed, and NEXT WEEK we will be announcing the WINNERS of the 2nd Annual Life Is Beautiful CISR Image Contest! Stay tuned! To get everyone excited, let's enjoy these 3 beautiful winners from last year! 🔬🎨🏆
Nashville has been under a #HeatAdvisory all week, so how about a #RedHot LUT for #FluorescenceFriday? 🌞😎🥵Might be a cell, might be an artistic representation of what it feels like in Tennessee right now. 🤷
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nashville has been under a #HeatAdvisory all week, so how about a #RedHot LUT for #FluorescenceFriday? 🌞😎🥵Might be a cell, might be an artistic representation of what it feels like in Tennessee right now. 🤷
Hello #MicroscopyMonday! Second, TEM & SEM from the @tyskalabactual.bsky.social lab and first author @operkins.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak of clathrin-coated pits in intestinal crypts (click for more!). @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yhue25bv
July 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hello #MicroscopyMonday! Second, TEM & SEM from the @tyskalabactual.bsky.social lab and first author @operkins.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak of clathrin-coated pits in intestinal crypts (click for more!). @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yhue25bv
Hello #MicroscopyMonday! How about 2 new papers with CISR-EM team & Vanderbilt researchers? First, TEM from the @gouldlab.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak to show changes in fungal cell wall architecture. @pnas.org @awillet.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/23rncw78
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hello #MicroscopyMonday! How about 2 new papers with CISR-EM team & Vanderbilt researchers? First, TEM from the @gouldlab.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak to show changes in fungal cell wall architecture. @pnas.org @awillet.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/23rncw78
Last day to submit your images to our second annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! Submit now. Submit more than one. Share with your lab mates. WIN PRIZES. Happy #FluorescenceFriday! 🔬🧬🎨🏅💰
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July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Last day to submit your images to our second annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! Submit now. Submit more than one. Share with your lab mates. WIN PRIZES. Happy #FluorescenceFriday! 🔬🧬🎨🏅💰
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Four days left! Submit your images today! Win prizes! medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
July 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Four days left! Submit your images today! Win prizes! medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
Deadline extended! Submit your images to the Second Annual CISR Life is Beautiful Image Contest! New deadline is July 18. Open to anyone with CISR-acquired images. More details here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Deadline extended! Submit your images to the Second Annual CISR Life is Beautiful Image Contest! New deadline is July 18. Open to anyone with CISR-acquired images. More details here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
We'll be off enjoying the sunshine 😎 and fireworks 🎆 tomorrow, so here is our contribution to #FluorescenceFriday for the #4thofJuly! What do you see? Fireworks? Red and white stripes? Or just some good ol' Fluo cells? Confocal Airyscan on Zeiss LSM980. 🔬❤️🤍💙🗽
July 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We'll be off enjoying the sunshine 😎 and fireworks 🎆 tomorrow, so here is our contribution to #FluorescenceFriday for the #4thofJuly! What do you see? Fireworks? Red and white stripes? Or just some good ol' Fluo cells? Confocal Airyscan on Zeiss LSM980. 🔬❤️🤍💙🗽
The submissions are rolling in for our Second Annual Life Is Beautiful CISR Image Contest! Join in by submitting your beautiful image today in celebration of #FluorescenceFriday! Details here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
June 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The submissions are rolling in for our Second Annual Life Is Beautiful CISR Image Contest! Join in by submitting your beautiful image today in celebration of #FluorescenceFriday! Details here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
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Calling all core facilities 🎉- Timely 'Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall virtual Forum' 16th June.
A joint @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @msa-microscopy.bsky.social meeting that welcomes all.
See - www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...
A joint @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @msa-microscopy.bsky.social meeting that welcomes all.
See - www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...
Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall Webinar
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June 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Calling all core facilities 🎉- Timely 'Navigating Strategies for Core Facilities 2025: A Town Hall virtual Forum' 16th June.
A joint @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @msa-microscopy.bsky.social meeting that welcomes all.
See - www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...
A joint @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @msa-microscopy.bsky.social meeting that welcomes all.
See - www.rms.org.uk/rms-event-ca...
For #MicroscopyMonday, brand new paper from frequent lightsheet lab, Matthew Schrag, and first author Lissa Ventura-Antunes. 3D microscopy on human brains with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Scale 50 µm. Zeiss Z1 lightsheet @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40465757/
June 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For #MicroscopyMonday, brand new paper from frequent lightsheet lab, Matthew Schrag, and first author Lissa Ventura-Antunes. 3D microscopy on human brains with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Scale 50 µm. Zeiss Z1 lightsheet @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40465757/
Ed the Zebra stopped by for some imaging. And I know Ed will be sure to acknowledge the CISR in his upcoming publication. #zebra #microscopy (FYI: There is a pet zebra on the loose in Rutherford County, TN.)
June 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ed the Zebra stopped by for some imaging. And I know Ed will be sure to acknowledge the CISR in his upcoming publication. #zebra #microscopy (FYI: There is a pet zebra on the loose in Rutherford County, TN.)