Call for Proposals

Dear Colleagues,

The Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) at Janelia Research Campus is jointly sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF). Our mission is to make cutting-edge, pre-commercial microscopes developed at Janelia available to visiting scientists, maximizing the impact of the latest developments in optical instruments and emerging microscopy technologies.

We encourage applications from researchers who are addressing significant scientific questions that require measurements of cellular/molecular behavior at spatial and/or temporal resolutions that would only be possible for them through access to the AIC.

Under the program, visiting scientists will spend 1-2 weeks (or longer if there is justified scientific reason) at Janelia to conduct experiments on a microscope with the support of the AIC team. The currently available microscopes, which provide advanced capabilities that are not yet widely available, are:

• Interferometric Photoactivated Localization Microscope (iPALM)
• Single-molecule Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (smTIRF) Microscope
• Aberration-corrected Multifocus Microscope (acMFM)
• Lattice Light Sheet Microscope (2nd generation Bessel Beam Microscope)
• Live Cell Multicolor Structured Illumination Microscope (SIM)

The call-for-proposals begins today, December 1, 2014, and closes on January 30, 2015. Proposals will be evaluated based on scientific merit through a two-tier review process by AIC/Janelia scientists and by a review panel of scientists from HHMI/Janelia, GBMF, and extramural imaging experts. 

Scientists whose proposals are selected are responsible for travel arrangements to Janelia. The Janelia Visitor Program will cover the cost of lodging for the visiting scientist, experiments, technical support from our applications scientists, and scope time.

Email aic@janelia.hhmi.org or me with direct inquiries.

Please help us by spreading the word to your colleagues. Additional information about the instruments and instructions on how to apply are available on the AIC webpage. You can also read the HHMI press release about the launch of the AIC last summer.

Regards,

Leong

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Teng-Leong Chew, PhD
Director, Advanced Imaging Center
Janelia Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ashburn, VA 20147
(571) 209-4676
chewt@janelia.hhmi.org