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/
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) 🎃👻🕷️🕸️
Amy Engevik (Image of Distinction). Amy has her own lab now, but we claim her as a former CISR user and Vanderbilt postdoc! @amyengevik.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Amy Engevik (Image of Distinction). Amy has her own lab now, but we claim her as a former CISR user and Vanderbilt postdoc! @amyengevik.bsky.social
Zach Sanchez (20th) @ento-sanchez.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Zach Sanchez (20th) @ento-sanchez.bsky.social
Dylan Burnette (10th) @mag2art.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dylan Burnette (10th) @mag2art.bsky.social
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. 🧡💚🔬
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! 🔬🦠🏫
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
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...
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.)
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! CISR users - don't forget to submit your beautiful images to our Second Annual Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! Deadline is July 1, 2025. Info and submission link here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
May 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! CISR users - don't forget to submit your beautiful images to our Second Annual Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! Deadline is July 1, 2025. Info and submission link here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Since we've been on BlueSky for less than a year, we're sharing memories from one year ago in Nashville when we had a #cidada #broodxix invasion! Confocal Z projection (color coded for depth) of a cicada leg. 🔬🐝🍃
May 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Since we've been on BlueSky for less than a year, we're sharing memories from one year ago in Nashville when we had a #cidada #broodxix invasion! Confocal Z projection (color coded for depth) of a cicada leg. 🔬🐝🍃
Here we go again! 🔬🎨🏅
The CISR is pleased to announce our SECOND ANNUAL Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Deadline July 1, 2025. Winners announced August 1, 2025. Details and submission link here!
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
The CISR is pleased to announce our SECOND ANNUAL Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Deadline July 1, 2025. Winners announced August 1, 2025. Details and submission link here!
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here we go again! 🔬🎨🏅
The CISR is pleased to announce our SECOND ANNUAL Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Deadline July 1, 2025. Winners announced August 1, 2025. Details and submission link here!
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
The CISR is pleased to announce our SECOND ANNUAL Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Deadline July 1, 2025. Winners announced August 1, 2025. Details and submission link here!
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
Upcoming CISR events! Office hours (EM, Nikon, general light microscopy) and CryoEM discussion group. Join us!
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Upcoming CISR events! Office hours (EM, Nikon, general light microscopy) and CryoEM discussion group. Join us!