MOAI Advisory Board

A steering committee comprised of the faculty members in charge of each instrument, and additional representatives from other colleges provide supervision for the operation of the Microscope Imaging Network. Current steering committee faculty members:

James R. Bamburg, MOAI Director, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences.

Diego Krapf, MOAI Associate Director, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Walter Scott College of Engineering

Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Member, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Soham Ghosh, Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Walter Scott College of Engineering

Tom LaRocca, Member, Department of Health and Exercise Science, College of Health Sciences

Graham Peers, Member, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences

Tim Stasevich, Member, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences

Facility Supervisors (faculty)

  • Prof. Santiago Di Pietro: All six MOAI microscopes housed in Rooms 224, 224A and 220
  • Prof. Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero: Zeiss 510 Meta confocal microscope; Room B318 Micro biology. Vectra Polaris Room 318 Microbiology.
  • Prof. Diego Krapf: Nikon+Bruker Atomic Force + Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopes; Room 362 Scott Bioengineering
  • Prof. Soham Ghosh: Zeiss LSM980 Airyscan Microscope, Translational Medicine Institute

Instrument Supervisors

Ellen Brennan-Pierce: Atomic Force + Spinning Disk Confocal in Scott Bioengineering

Keith G. DeLuca: Nikon TIRF in MRB

Alisa Shaw: Keyence, Olympus IX83 Spinning Disc Confocal, Zeiss LSM 900 Confocal, and Nikon Epifluorescence Microscope in MRB

Jim Bamburg: Olympus Stereo-zoom Fluorescence Microscope in MRB

Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarraro: Zeiss LSM510 Confocal Microscope and Vectra Polaris in Microbiology.  Vectra Polaris is only available as fee for service. Forms are to be submitted via: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vdl/research-services/anatomic-pathology/

Soham Ghosh: Zeiss LSM 980 at TMI