Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR)
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Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR). Microscopy for all of VU and VUMC. Light microscopy and electron microscopy. Image analysis. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cisr/
New paper alert for #FluorescenceFriday! Full of confocal imaging from Gu, Jacobson, & Kaverina Labs. "Paracrine Hormonal Signals From Islet α-Cells Regulate Microtubule Dynamics in β-Cells to Promote Insulin Secretion in Mouse and Human Islets" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41511443/
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
New paper alert for #FluorescenceFriday! Full of confocal imaging from Gu, Jacobson, & Kaverina Labs. "Paracrine Hormonal Signals From Islet α-Cells Regulate Microtubule Dynamics in β-Cells to Promote Insulin Secretion in Mouse and Human Islets" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41511443/
First #MicroscopyMonday of 2026! Happy New Year!
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
First #MicroscopyMonday of 2026! Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays from the CISR! May all your days and fluorophores be BRIGHT. #MicroscopyMonday
December 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Happy Holidays from the CISR! May all your days and fluorophores be BRIGHT. #MicroscopyMonday
We can't wait to continue working with all our CISR researchers in 2026! Happy Holidays! 9/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We can't wait to continue working with all our CISR researchers in 2026! Happy Holidays! 9/9
Current CISR microscopes range from brand new to 18 years old! The average age is 8 years old. 8/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Current CISR microscopes range from brand new to 18 years old! The average age is 8 years old. 8/9
And we held our 2nd annual "Life Is Beautiful" Image Contest! There were 27 submissions representing 7 CISR microscopes. (All images in this post are 2025 submissions.) 7/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And we held our 2nd annual "Life Is Beautiful" Image Contest! There were 27 submissions representing 7 CISR microscopes. (All images in this post are 2025 submissions.) 7/9
Which departments had the most CISR hours? 6/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Which departments had the most CISR hours? 6/9
Which labs were obsessed with EM this year? 5/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Which labs were obsessed with EM this year? 5/9
Which labs did we see in the CISR most often? 4/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Which labs did we see in the CISR most often? 4/9
CISR staff were busy with microscope trainings! 3/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
CISR staff were busy with microscope trainings! 3/9
Looks like the usual suspects for Most Popular Microscopes. 2/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Looks like the usual suspects for Most Popular Microscopes. 2/9
For the last (workday) #FluorescenceFriday of 2025, let's recap another amazing year in the CISR! We appreciate all our CISR labs, users, faculty, and staff! Thanks for a great 2025, and here's to a great 2026! #Wrapped #Microscopy First, you imaged for 11,082 microscope hours! 1/9
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For the last (workday) #FluorescenceFriday of 2025, let's recap another amazing year in the CISR! We appreciate all our CISR labs, users, faculty, and staff! Thanks for a great 2025, and here's to a great 2026! #Wrapped #Microscopy First, you imaged for 11,082 microscope hours! 1/9
Time for the annual sharing of our favorite Christmas Microscope Joke: The Z-mas Tree! Source unknown. #Microscopy #Confocal #Volume
December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Time for the annual sharing of our favorite Christmas Microscope Joke: The Z-mas Tree! Source unknown. #Microscopy #Confocal #Volume
For #FluorescenceFriday, we're adding #Football. Good luck to Vanderbilt's first ever Heisman finalist, QB Diego Pavia! High-resolution nucleus football to scale (2 microns), Pavia not to scale. #Heisman #DiegoPavia #2Turnt
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For #FluorescenceFriday, we're adding #Football. Good luck to Vanderbilt's first ever Heisman finalist, QB Diego Pavia! High-resolution nucleus football to scale (2 microns), Pavia not to scale. #Heisman #DiegoPavia #2Turnt
Today is #WorldDiabetesDay & #FluorescenceFriday! One example from Vanderbilt diabetes research. Image from Darian Carroll's graduate work in Gannon lab. NHP pancreas: insulin (green), mitochondria (magenta), DAPI (blue). @healthcare.nikon.com @betacellbelle.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today is #WorldDiabetesDay & #FluorescenceFriday! One example from Vanderbilt diabetes research. Image from Darian Carroll's graduate work in Gannon lab. NHP pancreas: insulin (green), mitochondria (magenta), DAPI (blue). @healthcare.nikon.com @betacellbelle.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Happy #FluorescenceFriday and #HappyHalloween! Spider web or microtubule web? Let's check the scale bar. 5 microns. Great lesson in the importance of a #scalebar. (Microtubules to scale, spider not to scale) 🎃👻🕷️🕸️
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday and #HappyHalloween! Spider web or microtubule web? Let's check the scale bar. 5 microns. Great lesson in the importance of a #scalebar. (Microtubules to scale, spider not to scale) 🎃👻🕷️🕸️
Amy Engevik (Image of Distinction). Amy has her own lab now, but we claim her as a former CISR user and Vanderbilt postdoc! @amyengevik.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Amy Engevik (Image of Distinction). Amy has her own lab now, but we claim her as a former CISR user and Vanderbilt postdoc! @amyengevik.bsky.social
Zach Sanchez (20th) @ento-sanchez.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Zach Sanchez (20th) @ento-sanchez.bsky.social
Dylan Burnette (10th) @mag2art.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dylan Burnette (10th) @mag2art.bsky.social
We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
The CISR is hosting a webinar and demonstration of the Zeiss LSM910 with Lightfield 4D microscope. Join the webinar next Thursday, Oct. 30 at 11 AM. Then contact Jenny Schafer with CISR or Cumberland Dugan with Zeiss to sign up for a demo time the week of Nov. 10. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The CISR is hosting a webinar and demonstration of the Zeiss LSM910 with Lightfield 4D microscope. Join the webinar next Thursday, Oct. 30 at 11 AM. Then contact Jenny Schafer with CISR or Cumberland Dugan with Zeiss to sign up for a demo time the week of Nov. 10. @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Trying out a new color combo for today, Friday, October 3. Mitochondria (MitoTracker) in turquoise, nucleus (DAPI) in orange. Confocal Airyscan, tile, MIP. 🧡💚🔬
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Trying out a new color combo for today, Friday, October 3. Mitochondria (MitoTracker) in turquoise, nucleus (DAPI) in orange. Confocal Airyscan, tile, MIP. 🧡💚🔬
Great opportunity for a "Train the Trainer" workshop for light microscopy facility people! Check it out here. #microscopy #cores
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great opportunity for a "Train the Trainer" workshop for light microscopy facility people! Check it out here. #microscopy #cores
Join VI4 for Mega Microbe on September 27! This is always a fun event for kids in the Nashville area. CISR-EM will be showing off some cool EM instruments and will show how beautiful these tiny bacteria can be! 🔬🦠🏫
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join VI4 for Mega Microbe on September 27! This is always a fun event for kids in the Nashville area. CISR-EM will be showing off some cool EM instruments and will show how beautiful these tiny bacteria can be! 🔬🦠🏫
Drumroll please 🥁 We're excited to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! 🔬🏅
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Drumroll please 🥁 We're excited to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual CISR Life Is Beautiful Image Contest! 🔬🏅
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h
1 - James Hayes, Burnette/Merryman Labs
2 - Rekha Nagarajan, Tyska Lab
3 - James Costanzo, Gama Lab
Read about these researchers, projects, and microscopes here. tinyurl.com/4r6xwe8h