# Center for Advanced Microscopy Shared Resource

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $154,058

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – CENTER FOR ADVANCED MICROSCOPY 
The Center for Advanced Microscopy (CAM) provides training, access, support and expertise that enable Lurie 
Cancer Center (LCC) members to successfully utilize advanced microscopy techniques and instrumentation in 
their studies. It is heavily used by Northwestern University (NU) investigators, with 104 LCC members using the 
facility last year. Our facility is open 24 hours/7 days a week and provides access to a wide array of state of the 
art light and electron microscopy (EM) instrumentation, auxiliary equipment, and reagents, permitting imaging to 
be performed across a range of spatial scales. Our continuously expanding portfolio of instruments and the 
expertise of CAM staff enable users to image single molecules, macromolecular networks, live cells, tissue 
sections, whole organs and model organisms with brightfield, fluorescence and luminescence. We support 
advanced imaging techniques such as FRET, FRAP, FLIP, TIRF, photo-conversion, and immuno-gold and 
platinum replica EM. The facility has aggressively, and with a high degree of success, pursued funding from a 
variety of sources to maintain the LCC’s leadership in novel imaging technologies. For example, CAM is one of 
only three Nikon Imaging Centers in the United States, allowing our users to test the latest technologies from 
Nikon. CAM also provides workstations, a suite of software, and expert support, including a recently hired Image 
Analysis Specialist, to facilitate imaging data transfer, storage, management and analysis. The facility also 
provides a wide array of educational programs, including courses, seminars, journal clubs, and hands-on 
workshops.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9982857
- **Project number:** 5P30CA060553-26
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Constadina Arvanitis
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $154,058
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9982857

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9982857, Center for Advanced Microscopy Shared Resource (5P30CA060553-26). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9982857. Licensed CC0.

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