Welcome to the Confocal Core!

The Confocal Microscopy Core was established in 2002 upon an alignment of expertise, need, vision, altruism, and funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH-P20-RR017686), the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and Kansas State University (KSU). In 2024 it was relocated to a state-of-the-art, $3.43 million facility under the CVM Biomedical Core Facility umbrella where it remains co-located with multiple cores representing diverse disciplines. The Core provides expertise, training and access to equipment for confocal microscopy, microfluorometry and histology.

The Confocal Core has served approximately 600 faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows and students from 15 departments and five colleges at Kansas State University and peer institutions. The Core has played an integral role in administering AP839 Introduction to Biomedical Methods since the 2020-2021 academic year in support of the One-Year Master's Program in Veterinary Biomedical Science.

Users are are expected to acknowledge the facility in all publications: Confocal Core supported by CVM-KSU. Instrument fees are as follows:

Leica CM3050 Cryostat=free

Vibratome 3000=free

Reichert-Jung Microtome=free

Leica Dissection workstation=free

LSM 700=$10.56 internal/$16.05 external

LSM 880 Confocal Microscope

LSM 880 Airyscan Confocal Microscope w/PeCon Incubation=$16.19 internal/$24.60 external

*There is no additional fee for training. Contact manager directly for details.

Confocal Facility Manager

Joel Sanneman
Assistant Scientist
Mosier CR210
785-341-2145