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William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel Microscopy Facility

Welcome to William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel - College of Arts & Sciences (Dewel-CAS) Microscopy Facility at Appalachian State University (ASU). We provide light microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and electron microscopy equipment and technical support to ASU and Appalachian Communities.

2022 students and users

Research Highlight

The Stincic Lab has recently incorporated RNAscope (ACDBio) technology into their research. This in situ hybridization approach labels messenger RNAs ...

Research Highlight

Recent work in the Fiore lab (https://biology.appstate.edu/directory/dr-cara-fiore)  has used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for identificati...

Collaboration Highlight

My collaboration with Dr. Chang-Jun Liu at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been joyful and fruitful. Here is a recent highlight:https://onlinelibra...

Fall Open House

Fall Open House is Saturday October 7. The Microscopy Facility will be open 9am to 1pm for prospective Mountaineers and their families....

Student Microscopy Project Highlights

In BIO4564/5564 Microscopy labs, both undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to create their own projects based on their own microsc...

Research Highlight

Wang, Z., Cowan, E.A., Seramur, K.C., Dwyer, G.S., Wilson, J.C., Karcher, R., Brachfeld, S., and Vengosh, A., 2022, Legacy of coal ash combustion: Wid...