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Overview
ICBR Electron Microscopy supports researchers in visualizing microscopic structures through imaging projects and user training. We strive to aid scientists in solving problems and to help push their research forward by providing the tools needed for successful publication and grant applications. Major service categories include: room temperature and cryo transmission and scanning electron microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, sample preparation and user training.
Core News
UPDATE: ICBR Continues to Provide Support to UF Community
UPDATE: ICBR Continues to Provide Support to UF Community
With the progression of recent events, there are a lot of questions about how it affects ICBR users. Please see below, important changes that could impact your experience at ICBR. These changes will be in place for the foreseeable future. Please refer back to this page for timely updates.
As always, check the UF dedicated site for campus-wide information and initiatives.
LATEST NEWS
ICBR remains open to support essential research on the University of Florida campus.
However, our level of ... Read More
BI associate scientist contributes to two publications
BI associate scientist contributes to two publications
Bioinformatics associate scientist Fahong Yu, Ph.D. provided research assistance in two recent publications (2019).
Oral epithelial cells (OEC) that line the oral cavity are the first line of defense against pathogenic organisms including viruses that infect the body through the oral route. The role of the OEC in triggering the immune response to viral infection is poorly understood. ICBR Bioinformatics expert Dr. Fahong Yu performed data analysis and was a key collaborator in a study performed ... Read More
BI assistant scientist develops a tool for stratifying cancer patients
BI assistant scientist develops a tool for stratifying cancer patients
Bioinformatics assistant scientist Tongjun Gu Ph.D. has developed an advanced deep learning method to stratify cancer patients into clinically relevant subgroups and further identify the potential biomarkers between the subgroups. This will help with the development of personalized treatments and prognosis.
The method can integrate multi-platform datasets like gene expression, miRNA expression, methylation, copy number alteration, and protein expression. It can also do transfer learning between ... Read More
ICBR Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry (PM) aims to bring single-cell proteomics and metabolomics technologies to customers
ICBR Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry (PM) aims to bring single-cell proteomics and metabolomics technologies to customers
The cell is the basic unit of life. For multicellular organisms like animals and plants, each cell is different. Due to limited sensitivity, conventional ‘omic analyses require the input of tissues, organs or a mixture of thousands of cells, where information at the single-cell level has been diluted and averaged. This problem has severely limited our understanding of the intricate signaling and metabolic pathways and networks in different cells. In recent years, single-cell biology has become... Read More
Important Upcoming Billing Dates
Important Upcoming Billing Dates
University of Florida and ICBR core labs will be officially closed during the UF holiday: Wednesday, December 25, through Wednesday, January 1. No samples or other packages can be accepted during this holiday closure time. Please coordinate with individual core laboratories for delivery of samples or other packages either before or after the UF winter break.
Due to the winter break, ICBR’s upcoming billing schedule will be altered as follows:
12/16/2019 – Last invoices generated in 2019... Read More
A New Method to Examine Human Dopamine Transporter in Peripheral Blood
A New Method to Examine Human Dopamine Transporter in Peripheral Blood
A team of UF neuroscientists led by Habibeh Khoshbouei, Ph.D., Pharm.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry in the UF College of Medicine, has recently discovered a novel method using blood-borne immune cells to study the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the human brain. This finding was reported in a publication titled ”A novel approach to study markers of dopamine signaling in peripheral immune cells” appearing in the Journal of Immunological Methods.
While immunohistochemi... Read More
Dr. Tongjun Gu, from ICBR Bioinformatics, Improves Discovery Pipeline
Dr. Tongjun Gu, from ICBR Bioinformatics, Improves Discovery Pipeline
Bioinformatics assistant scientist Tongjun Gu Ph.D. has improved the pipeline for discovering ncRNA editing sites from four human cancers. Published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, Clinical Relevance of Noncoding Adenosine-to-Inosine RNA Editing in Multiple Human Cancers, Dr. Gu’s research also presents multiple advanced statistical methods for differential and survival analysis.
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The Beast is Here! ICBR Launches the NovaSeq 6000 DNA Sequencer
The Beast is Here! ICBR Launches the NovaSeq 6000 DNA Sequencer
Dr. Steven Madore, ICBR Associate Director for Science and UFHCC Associate Director for Shared Resources, next to the new NovaSeq6000 (“the Beast“) with ICBR NGS Core Scientific Director Dr. David Moraga.
The ICBR NextGen DNA Sequencing Core provides cutting edge instrumentation and technical expertise required to support campus-wide research activites. Established in 1987, the NGS Core has contributed to significant scientific discoveries on campus. For example, did you know that the first... Read More
Instruments
Staff
| Name | Title | Telephone | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul R. Chipman | Electron Microscopy Scientific Director | (352) 294-1790 | pchipman@ufl.edu | 1012 MCS |
| Karen Kelley | Electron Microscopy Scientific Research Manager | (352) 846-0251 | vau@ufl.edu | 1012 MCS / 185 CGRC |
| Rudy Alvarado | Electron Microscopy Core Research Technician III | (352) 392-1184 | ralvaradojr@ufl.edu | 1012 MCS |
| Kimberly Backer-Kelley | Core Research Technician II | (352) 273-5341 | klbk@ufl.edu | 185 CGRC |
| Nicole J. Machi | Electron Microscopy Core Research Technician II | (352) 392-1184 | njmachi@ufl.edu | 1012 MCS |