Call-for-Proposals: Advanced Imaging Center at HHMI Janelia

[Chew, Teng-Leong]

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Dear Colleagues,

The Advanced Imaging Center <http://www.janelia.org/AIC> (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, July 31, 2015, and closes on October
1
2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET. 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 [hidden email] or me with direct inquiries.
Please help us by spreading the word to your colleagues.

You can download instructions (pdf) <http://tinyurl.com/o285yeb> and get
more information on the AIC webpage <http://www.janelia.org/aic>.

Regards,
Leong


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Teng-Leong Chew, PhD
Director, Advanced Imaging Center
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus
19700 Helix Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
[hidden email]