Dr. Jan Ryerse, Ph.D.
Director of the Research and Confocal Microscopy Cores
M107 Schwitalla Hall
Cell 314-497-8549, office 314-977-7848, fax 314-977-8740
e-mail ryersejs@slu.edu

Dr. Ryerse, Professor of Pathology, received his training in microscopy at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of California, Irvine. He has been at Saint Louis University Medical School since 1980. In addition to directing the research microscopy and confocal microscopy cores, he participates in the PhD graduate program, lecturing in cell biology, developmental biology, pathology and microscopy. Much of his time is spent in collaborative research projects, providing the microscopy for the research projects of colleagues at Saint Louis University and at other institutions and private research companies. For his educational background, positions and experience and a list of publications see his CV.

Ms. Barbara Nagel, MA(R)
Senior Research Assistant
M102 Schwitalla Hall
Cell 314-724-5838, lab 314-977-7862
fax 314-977-8740
e-mail nagelba@slu.edu

Ms. Nagel has over 30 years of experience in light and electron microscopy, having joined Saint Louis University School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology in 1981 as a Research Assistant in Dr. Jan Ryerse’s lab. She has also worked for 7 years in the Department of Ophthalmology, specializing in LM and EM of rodent retina.

Her expertise includes sectioning thin and semi-thin plastic sections, paraffin and cryo sectioning, cryo-ultramicrotomy, immuno-fluorescent staining and immunogold labeling.

Ms. Megan Roth
Research Technician
M102 Schwitalla Hall
Lab 314-977-7847
e-mail mroth17@slu.edu

Ms. Roth has worked in the Core for three years.   She is skilled in tissue preparation and sectioning paraffin, plastic, and cryosections for histology, as well as immunohistochemistry, both HRP and fluorescence experiments.