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NCI Optical Microscopy Core Labs

Each NCI Optical Microscopy Lab offers unique microscopy expertise and experience.

Advanced Microscopy Techniques

Learn about the different optical microscopy techniques available within the NCI Optical Microscopy cores and facilities.

Microscopy Interest Group

Learn about cutting-edge research in light fluorescence microscopy and about available resources, both extramural and intramural.

Overview

About CCR

The Center for Cancer Research (CCR) is home to approximately 250 Principal Investigators and Senior Investigators, of which one third are located in Frederick. CCR is organized into over 50 branches and laboratories, each one grouping scientists with complementary interests. CCR’s investigators are basic, clinical, and translational scientists who work together to advance our knowledge of cancer and AIDS and to develop new therapies against these diseases. CCR investigators collaborate with scientists at the more than 20 other Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as with extramural scientists in academia and industry.

Optical Microscopy

The optical microscope, often referred to as the “light microscope”, is a type of microscope which uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small samples. The image from an optical microscope can be captured by normal light-sensitive cameras to generate a micrograph.