About
The IBD NanoBiology Facility is a new interdisciplinary core research facility for the development and application of advanced nanoscale microscopy measurement techniques to biological and biophysical systems. In addition to atomic force microscopy (AFM) scanning probe instruments, we are actively developing nonlinear confocal time-resolved fluorescence microscopies for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Fluorescence Energy Transfer (FRET), and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) in single molecular, cellular, and bulk regimes. These methodologies are excellent for noninvasive determination of phenomena such as binding, quenching, energy transfer, ion concentrations, pH, protein conformations, etc. We are also developing a Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) confocal microscope that is sensitive to molecular vibrations, thereby enabling tag-free truly noninvasive imaging and chemical identification due to contrast mechanisms based on intrinsic molecular properties both in vitro and in vivo.
Location
We are located in a dedicated 1000 sq. ft. climate controlled low vibration space located in the sub-basement in the Gordon Center for Integrative Science (GCIS). The Lab is in room ESB18 in the sub-basement of the east wing of the GCIS building.
Contact
Please contact Technical Director Justin Jureller for more information or any questions.
Technical Director
Justin E. Jureller, Ph.D.
IBD NanoBiology Facility, The University of Chicago
Gordon Center for Integrative Science, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Office: GCIS ESB06B
Lab: GCIS ESB18
Phone: (773) 834-3864
Fax: (773) 834-1917
Email: jureller@uchicago.edu
Web: http://nanobio.uchicago.edu/
Faculty Director
Professor Norbert F. SchererDept of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago
Gordon Center for Integrative Science, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Office: GCIS E139A
Lab: GCIS ESB20A,B,C,D,E,F
Phone: (773) 702-7069
Email: nfschere@uchicago.edu
Web: http://schererlab.uchicago.edu/