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 Microscopes for Open Access Imaging. Current steering committee faculty members:

Diego Krapf, MOAI Director, School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering. e-mail: diego.krapf@colostate.edu

Tim Stasevich, MOAI Associate Director, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, e-mail: tim.stasevich@colostate.edu

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

Soham Ghosh, Member, School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering; and Translational Medicine Institute.

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

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

Rick McCosh, Member, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Devin O’Connor, Member, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences

Tingting Yao, Member, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences

Facility Supervisors (faculty)

  • Prof. Santiago Di Pietro: All five MOAI microscopes housed in MRB 141, 220, 224, 224A and 236.  Email: Santiago.DiPietro@colostate.edu
  • Prof. Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero: Zeiss 510 Meta confocal microscope; Room B318 Microbiology. Vectra Polaris Room 318 Microbiology. Email: Mercedes.Gonzalez-Juarrero@colostate.edu
  • Prof. Diego Krapf: Nikon+Bruker Atomic Force + Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopes and Scott TIRF; Scott Bioengineering 365 and 370. Email: diego.krapf@colostate.edu
  • Assoc. Prof. Soham Ghosh: Zeiss LSM980 Airyscan Microscope, Translational Medicine Institute. Email: soham.ghosh@colostate.edu
  • Assist. Prof. Devin O’Connor: Leica Stellaris Upright Confocal, Biology 461 O. Email: devin.oconnor@colostate.edu
  • Assist. Prof. Rick McCosh: Tissue slice preparation and roller tube culture facility, Anatomy/Zoology. Email: rick.mccosh@colostate.edu
  • Assoc. Prof. Soham Chanda: Olympus Stereozoom Fluorescence Microscope, room 236 MRB.  Email: soham.chanda@colostate.edu

Instrument Supervisors

Ellen Brennan-Pierce: Atomic Force + Spinning Disk Confocal in 365 Scott Bioengineering Email: Ellen.Brennan-Pierce@colostate.edu

Sinead Cahill, Leica Stellaris Upright Confocal Microscope in 461 O Biology. Email: Sinead.Cahill@colostate.edu

Alisa Shaw: Keyence BZ-X 710 and 810, 3i (Olympus IX83) Spinning Disc Confocal, and Zeiss LSM 900 Confocal Microscopes in Rooms 220, 224, and 224A MRB. Email: Alisa.Shaw@colostate.edu

Soham Chanda: Olympus Stereo-zoom Fluorescence Microscope in 236 MRB. Soham.Chanda@colostate.edu

Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero: Zeiss LSM510 Confocal Microscope and Vectra Polaris in B318 Microbiology.  Email: Mercedes.Gonzalez-Juarrero@colostate.edu

Soham Ghosh: Zeiss LSM 980 at TMI. Soham.Ghosh@colostate.edu