# Cellular Imaging Facility Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2021 · $139,745

## Abstract

The Cellular Imaging Facility Core provides members of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center 
(SWEHSC) with cutting-edge and routine capabilities for the visualization, quantitation, and interpretation of 
structural and in situ molecular alterations in tissues and cells following exposure to toxicants with the goal of 
advancing current knowledge in environmental health research. Importantly, the Core supports the mission and 
vision of the SWEHSC by facilitating the research efforts of center investigators and by ensuring the accessibility 
of microscopy and specialized imaging techniques, particularly for investigators, staff, and students lacking 
extensive microscopy experience. To support SWEHSC investigators, the Cellular Imaging Facility Core 
provides personalized training and technical assistance to investigators and their staff in the use of the affiliated 
facilities and instrumentation. Likewise, the Facility Core ensures that the Center investigators have “state-of-the 
art” equipment and techniques, and are provided with the relevant scientific expertise and training to obtain and 
interpret their data. The Facility Core is engaged in all aspects of a study and assists users with experimental 
design, specific procedures, instrument optimization and troubleshooting, data analysis, and the final 
interpretation of results, including assistance in the preparation of portions of manuscripts and/or grant 
applications. Finally, the Cellular Imaging Facility Core offers innovative imaging techniques that can be used in 
combination or to confirm the results of molecular biology, biochemical, or analytical chemistry analyses, which 
enables the generation of data that cannot otherwise be gained and that are necessary to elucidate toxicant sites 
and modes of action.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146377
- **Project number:** 5P30ES006694-24
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** DEAN BILLHEIMER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $139,745
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146377

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146377, Cellular Imaging Facility Core (5P30ES006694-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146377. Licensed CC0.

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