Dan Boyle

Dr. Dan Boyle has 40 years of experience in microscopy and research. Dr. Boyle works and collaborates with researchers from all colleges at Kansas State University, other academic institutions, and industry. He is Director of the KSU Microscopy Facility, a fee-for-service facility housed in the basement of Ackert Hall in the Division of Biology. This facility is happy to support and offer specimen preparation services, including negative staining, plunge freezing, chemical fixation, freeze-substitution, immuno-labeling, resin sectioning, sputter coating, and others. In addition, imaging services include conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), light microscopy (phase contrast, differential interference, bright field, dark field), fluorescence microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSM), fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching (FRAP), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), cryo-electron microscopy, SEM electron dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and electron diffraction. Classes Biol 888 and 886 are offered to become familiar with equipment, microscopes, and techniques associated with electron, confocal, fluorescence, and light microscopies. Biol 888 electron microscopy class is offered during the Fall Semester of even-numbered years. Biol 886 light, fluorescence, and confocal microscopy class is offered during the Fall semesters of odd-numbered years.