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Call for Proposals - Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) at HHMI Janelia campus - Jan 2023 deadline

Dear Colleagues,

We are now accepting proposals from scientists who would like to conduct experiments at the Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) at Janelia Research Campus. The deadline to submit a proposal is January 31, 2023 at 17:00 (US Eastern Time).

The AIC makes imaging technologies and expertise developed at Janelia freely available to the scientific community before the instruments can be purchased commercially. Scientific investigators from nonprofit organizations anywhere in the world may apply to use the facility.

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 microscopes available are:

  • Interferometric Photoactivated Localization Microscope (iPALM)
  • Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM)
  • Lattice Light Sheet Microscope (LLSM)
  • Multimodal Optical System with Adaptive Imaging Correction (MOSAIC)
  • Simultaneous MultiView Light Sheet Microscope (SiMView)

The AIC is jointly sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF). Proposals will be evaluated 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 visiting scientists, basic experimental reagents, technical support from our applications scientists, and scope time.

Learn more about the instruments available and how to apply (www.aicjanelia.org/apply), or email aic@janelia.hhmi.org if you have questions.

Please share this opportunity with your colleagues.

Regards,

Leong

Teng-Leong Chew
Director, Advanced Imaging Center
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus