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Imaging and Spectroscopy Core

The Imaging and Spectroscopy core is primarily located at the Engineering Research Center (ENRC) with a satellite facility available on campus adjacent to the Bioenergetics Core. These facilities currently occupy an area of over 3,000 sq. ft.

 

If you’re interested in accessing this facility, you may qualify for a voucher to cover facility costs. Visit Research Vouchers – Arkansas INBRE to check your project’s eligibility.

Equipment Types

The Imaging and Spectroscopy Core features the following equipment:
    • Bruker Ultima Investigator upright multiphoton microscope
    • Bruker Ultima Investigator inverted I multiphoton microscope
    • Horiba Confocal Raman microscope
    • Olympus Fluoview FV10i-LIV Confocal microscope
    • JY Horiba Imaging spectrometer
    • Andor Raman spectrometer
    • Ocean Optics UV-Vis-NIR FLAME spectrometers

Initial capabilities

Initial capabilities of the Imaging and Spectroscopy Core include:
    • Label-free multiphoton microscopy of NADH and FAD autofluorescence for in vivo or in vitro assessments of cell metabolism
    • Diffuse optical spectroscopy for in vivo studies of tissue oxygenation
    • Standard laser scanning confocal microscopy for live cell and tissue imaging
    • High-resolution Raman microscopy of biological tissue, cells, and materials