The Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF) was initially formed from several departmental microscopy resources. The Department of Biology and the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology teamed up, along with the then Comprehensive Cancer Center's Confocal Microscopy Shared Resource, to hire a Director in 2006 to establish and run a cooperative microscope facility. The LMCF is now the main light microscopy resource for all of Duke University and the Medical Center.
The facility received substantial funding from the Office of the Provost and the Dean of the Medical School in 2007 to purchase new equipment and become a resource for the entire Duke community. The facility remains a Duke Cancer Institute Shared Resource. In 2011, systems previously run as a resource for the Cell Biology department where incorporated into LMCF. We are open to all of Duke and welcome the opportunity to assist you with your light microscopy needs. External academic researchers interested in access to Duke resources, please contact the director.
Grant IDG #2011-IDG-1002 from North Carolina Biotechnology Center funded the Olympus VivaView system.