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  Light Microscopy Core
    The mission of the Light Microscopy Core is to assist investigators in experiments involving light microscopy with state-of-the-art equipment, training, and image processing capabilities. A list of the microscopes and capabilities available in this core can be found below in the "Research & Publications" section.
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  OverviewThe NHLBI Light Microscopy Core (LMC) consists of three people (Dr. Christian A. Combs (Director), Dr. Daniela A. Malide, and Dr. Xufeng Wu (Deputy Director)) and nineteen microscopes located in buildings 10 and 50 on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. The mission of the LMC is to provide state-of-the-art equipment, training, and image processing capabilities to assist NHLBI-DIR researchers in experiments involving light microscopy. To date we have helped researchers publish more than 350 papers. Research conducted by investigators using the LMC has been on many disease states, basic cell biology, and on development and implementation of new imaging methods. Researchers that work in this facility can expect support from core personnel to whatever level suits their research requirements. This can include advanced microscopy techniques like super-resolution and intra-vital two-photon microscopy to more ordinary confocal and wide-field imaging applications. In addition to the microscopes, we provide a full suite of image processing programs on several image processing workstations. In summary this facility operates with state-of-the-art equipment and a dedicated team of imaging professionals to further the research mission of the NHLBI-DIR.Image Analysis SoftwareMetamorphHyugensImarisFIJICustom ProgrammingInstruments***Bldg. 10***Leica SP8 STED 3X/Confocal Microscope with Falcon FLIMLeica SP8 Dive Multiphoton Microscope (upright) with Falcon FLIMVisitech Instant Structured Illumination Microscope (iSIM)Zeiss 880 Confocal Microscope (inverted)Zeiss 780 Confocal Microscope (inverted)Nikon Wide-Field Microscope (upright)Leica MZFLIII (dissecting) MicroscopeZeiss Apotome Microscope***Bldg. 50***Zeiss Elyra 7 with Lattice SIMGE OMX 3D SIM Super-resolution Microscope with Ring-TIRF/OMX SRNikon N-STORM Super-resolution MicroscopeTwo Zeiss LSM 880-AiryScan microscopesZeiss LSM 780 Confocal MicroscopeNikon A1R Confocal MicroscopeZeiss Stereomicroscope (SteREO Discovery V12)Zeiss up-right Axioplan MicroscopeOlympus IX 81 TIRF microscopeOlympus XI81 with CSU-X1 spinning disk confocal and customer-made Laser TrapZeiss Lattice Light Sheet Microscope
Featured Publications
                Mitochondrial DNA Segregation and Replication Restrict the Transmission of Detrimental Mutation
            Authors:Chen Z, Wang ZH, Zhang G, Bleck CKE, Chung DJ, Madison GP, Lindberg E, Combs C, Balaban RS, Xu H.
                                                                                                                        
            J Cell Biol. 
      
                2020 Jul 06;219(7):e201905160
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                      A simple empirical algorithm for optimizing depletion power and resolution for dye and system specific STED imaging.
            Authors:Combs, C.A., Sackett. D.L., Knutson, J.R.
                                                                                                                        
            J. Micros. 
      
                2019 May 09;274(3):168-176
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                      The platelet NLRP3 inflammasome is upregulated in sickle cell disease via HMGB1/TLR4 and Bruton tyrosine kinase.
            Authors:Vogel, S., Arora, T., Wang, X., Mendelsohn, L., Nichols, J., Allen, D., Shet, A.S., Combs, C.A., Quezado, Z.M.N., Thein, S.L.
                                                                                                                        
            Blood Adv.
      
                2018 Oct 23;2(20):2672-2680
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                      Macrophages Shed Excess Cholesterol in Unique Extracellular Structures Containing Cholesterol Microdomains.
            Authors:Jin, X., Dimitriadis, E.K., Liu, Y., Combs, C.A., Chang, J., Varsano, N., Stempinski, E., Flores, R., Jackson, S.N., Muller, L., Woods, A.S., Addadi, L., Kruth, H.S.
                                                                                                                        
            Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
      
                2018 Jul 27;38(7):1504-1518
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                      A Mouse Model of Schnyder Corneal Dystrophy with the N100S Point Mutation.
            Authors:Dong, F., Jin, X., Boettler, M.A., Sciulli, H., Abu-Asab, M., Del Greco, C., Wang, S., Hu, Y., Campos, M. M, Jackson, S., Muller, L., Woods, A. S., Combs, C.A., Nickerson, M.L., Kruth, H.S., Weiss, J.S., Winston W. Kao
                                                                                                                        
            Sci Rep.
      
                2018 Jul 05;8(1):10219
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  Meet the Team

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            Christian Combs, Ph.D.
                Core Director
                Christian Combs received his B.S. in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1989, his M.S. in Zoology from Auburn University in 1994, and his Ph.D. in Biological Science from the Florida State University in 1996. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the NIH in the NHLBI Lab of Cardiac Energetics (LCE) from 1996-1999 and briefly a Staff Fellow in the LCE in 2000. He has been the Director of the NHLBI Light Microscopy Core since its start in 2000. His memberships have included the American Physiological Society and the Biophysical Society.
    
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