Overview
The Visual Function & Morphology Core (VFM Core) provides equipment, training and assistance to visual science researchers as part of the WVU Visual Science Center of Biomedical Excellence (VS-CoBRE). The core serves as a focal point for experimental design, data acquisition and functional analysis. In addition to visual science focused hardware, the VFM Core offers technical assistance in transmission electron microscopy, histology sample preparation, ERG/OKR assessment, and other types of vision related data analysis.
Equipment
- Micron V retinal imaging system (ERG, OCT, ablation, angiography, fundoscopy)
- Diagnosys ColorDome ERG (electroretinography)
- Diagnosys Celeris ERG
- UTAS BigShot ERG
- Phenosys qOMR optomotor response system
- SD-OCT (spectral domain optical coherence tomography)
- MES 1000+ cryostat
- Leica CM1850 cryostat
- Leica UC7 ultramicrotome
- Leica M80 injection microscope
- Nikon NSTORM super-resolution microscope
- Nikon AXR confocal microscope
- Nikon TiE epifluorescence & color brightfield microscope
- JEOL 1400 transmission electron microscope
Contacts
Director
Neil Billington, PhD | neil.billington@hsc.wvu.edu | (304) 293-0942
Technician
Tongju Guan | tongju.guan@hsc.wvu.edu | (304) 216-2133
Acknowledgements
Please remember to acknowledge support for the VFM Core in all your publications:
Experiments were performed in the West Virginia University Visual Function and Morphology Core which has been supported by the WVU Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, WVU Health Sciences Center, Lions Club International Foundation (WV Lions) and NIH grant P20GM144230.
