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Clinical Trials at NIAMS

Explore clinical research studies for diseases of the immune system, bones, joints, muscles, and skin.

Core Facilities

Learn about our state-of-the-art instruments and technologies that support and assist our labs.

Training and Career Development

Explore customized training programs to advance your career and enhance your research skills.

Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program

Research Image Gallery

Two monocytes, with nuclei displaying the typical horseshoe shape.

3D view of human monocytes - acquired using the Leica TCS SP8 X confocal scope, and applying a Z-stack acquisition modality to grab several focal planes along the Z-axis .

Drosophila melanogaster intestine cross-section. Stained for Actin (PhTRITC- magenta), mitochondria (mito-GFP- green), and nucleus (DAPI- blue).

Hela tubulin rings induced by the anti-cancer drug Cryptophycin-52. Surfaces rendered by charge (left) and hydrophobicity (right).

Detection of Swt1 (pink), a protein that localizes in the nuclear envelope, and mitochondria (yellow) in human glomerular microvascular endothelial cells (HGMECs). DNA is in green.

A YAC-1 tumor cell stained for alpha-tubulin to mark the microtubule cytoskeleton (green), CD107a (LAMP1) a marker of lysosomes (red), and DNA using the Hoechst 33342 nuclear dye (blue).

Immunohistochemistry of oral buccal mucosa detecting Annexin 1 (magenta), Keratin 5 (red) and SLPI (green)

Immunofluoresecence of SAOS cells expressing GFP (teal) counterstained with DAPI (magenta)

Immunocytochemistry of ameloblast-like cells transfected to overexpress a mutant form of keratin 6 (red) associated with dental cavities. Counterstained with phalloidin (white) and Dapi (blue).

In the Lab with NIAMS: Core Facilities

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This YouTube video series highlights the tools and services provided by the NIAMS IRP Core Facilities. These include powerful microscopes, advanced sequencing technologies, consultation, training, and data analysis services.