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Welcome to the CBI contacts/resource site, on this page you will find direct contact information for all the faculty and staff within the CBI. It is important to recognize the CBI does not work as a traditional core, but prides itself on being a leading center in the application of cellular imaging from the single molecule to the whole animal. Because of this we expect that if you are a new user of the center you will contact the center director (Simon Watkins) directly at swatkins@pitt.edu. He can establish interactions with you and if relevant your advisor/mentor/principal investigator. Subsequently, you will be directed to a specific contact person who will be your primary contact for the project. If you are an established user interested in starting a new project or expanding an existing project, discuss it with your primary contact. In each case, you should feel free to contact the director at any time, if you have problems using the services and resources offered by the center.


Simon Watkins
Your first point of contact
swatkins@pitt.edu

Donna Stolz
Runs the Electron Microscopy component of the CBI, contact for planning experiments which involve electron microscopy
dstolz@pitt.edu

Katy Baty
Runs the live cell imaging component of the CBI, contact for planning experiments involving live cell imaging, FRET etc.
cjb16@pitt.edu


Sean Alber
Sean is responsible for all the imaging in the CBI which involves fixed preparations. This includes histology, confocal microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and computer aided quantitation. If you have not used the CBI previously contact the director first. Contact Sean for any experiments involving light microscopy methods and he will direct you to the appropriate staff member.
salber@pitt.edu



For specific tasks/reagents equipment we have several staff members, who will be happy to help you, once you have established initial contact with the CBI. These are as follows:


Jason Devlin
Contact Jason to obtain access codes and passwords so your UPMC id allows you access to the core microscopes in the CBI. Also, for for Training in using fluorescence microscopy.
jdevlin@pitt.edu

Mara Sullivan
For EM training in transmission electron microscopy contact Mara Sullivan grove@pitt.edu


Jonathan Franks
Contact Jonathan for EM training in Scanning electron microscopy.
jonnysax@gmail.com


Greg Gibson
Contact Greg  for Training in confocal microscopy.
gagst18@pitt.edu


Kevin Alber
Contact Kevin for help with data recovery, downloading and Technical support.
kalber@pitt.edu


Christina Goldbach
Contact Christina for fluorescence microscopy experiments and  training.
cjg32@pitt.edu


Other faculty/staff members:


Claudette M. St Croix
Assistant Professor
cls13@pitt.edu


Mark Ross
Research Specialist
mross@pitt.edu


Paula Bernal
Graduate Student
pjb13@pitt.edu


Jenny Karlsson
Research Specialist
jenny.karlsson@gmail.com



Mailing Address:
CBI
3500 Terrace Street
S233 BST
Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA


Telephones:
412-648-9796 (light lab)
412-648-8865 (EM lab)


Fax:
412-648-2797

Email:
swatkins@pitt.edu

 
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