Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
BioImaging Shared Resource

Contact

Name: Philip Wedegaertner, PhD
Position: Co-Director
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Name: Claudio Giraudo, PhD
Position: Co-Director
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Name: Jason Hill, PhD
Position: Associate Director
Name: James Muller, PhD
Position: Facility Manager
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Mission

The goal of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Bioimaging Shared Resource is to advance the scientific research programs of the Cancer Center by providing Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators powerful, reliable, and readily accessible light microscopy. The Bioimaging Shared Resource provides a FLIM-assisted STED (stimulated emission depletion) super-resolution system, galvo and resonnat laser point-scanning confocals, spinning disk confocal, TIRF (total internal refection fluorescence), and widefield fluorescence modalities.  The staff provides in-house training on all instruments.

Announcements

Summer 2026

  • The Nikon Ji is installed and user trainings are expected to start by the end of June.
  • The Ami-HTX can now be booked in iLab!  Please reach out if you need training for the new system.
  • The IVIS Lumina LT will be joinging the Ami in BLSB 1120 in mid July.
  • User guides will be available for the Ji, Ami, and updated for the A1 this summer.

Spring 2026

  • If you have not been trained on the Nikon A1 updates, please reach out for a session.  If you are a PI, please set up your Isilon drive for your lab.