State-of-the-Art Facilities

Powerful imaging equipment and an automated zebrafish facility are just some of our many resources.

In the Heart of the City

We're in the beautiful Molecular Biology Research Building on the University of Illinois's Medical Campus.

Access to All of Chicago

Our lab is located near all of the museums, shows, and events that the great city of Chicago has to offer.

The Lab

Ample lab space, state-of-the-art imaging equipment, a powerful image analysis workstation with Imaris software,
​new zebrafish facility with automated feeding, and many other resources are available.

Main Lab Space

The Fish Room

Lab Workhorse: Zeiss LSM 800 Confocal Microscope

Zeiss Axio Zoom.V16 Fluorescence Zoom Microscope

Automatic Fish Feeder, affectionately
(and fearfully) named HAL 9000.

--Campus & city images above courtesy of Dr. Brian Kay  

Location

900 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

Getting to the Lab: 
Chicago is home to two international airports: Midway (MDW) and O’Hare (ORD). Both are roughly 30 minutes away from the lab via ground transportation and allow Uber pickups. (MIdway is slightly closer and much less crowded than O'Hare.) ​O’Hare and the Illinois Medical District are both located on the CTA Blue Line. Taking the Blue Line from O’Hare towards Forest Park, the lab can be reached in about an hour. From Midway, take the Orange Line towards the Loop. Transfer from the Orange Line to the Pink Line at the Washington/Wells stop. Take the Pink Line towards 54th/Cermak. The lab is right off of the Pink Line Polk stop. 
CTA passes and more information about public transit can be found here.