Steph Amici, PhD

Steph has worked in research for over 20 years. Her primary areas of study include cellular and molecular neurobiology and immunology. She received her undergraduate degree in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology from Ohio State. She worked in a research lab that was focused on bat echolocation, which sparked her interest in research. During her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Florida, she used fluorescent microscopy of Schwann cells and DRG-Schwann cell cocultures, and transmission electron microscopy of sciatic nerves, to study peripheral nerve biology. She continued imaging in her postdoc at OSU, using a spinning-disc confocal to localize nicotinic receptors in both live and fixed hippocampal neurons. She then worked in a neuroimmunology lab, where she gained extensive expertise in many immunological techniques, including culturing and immunostaining T cells and macrophages, primarily for flow cytometry, though she also did some confocal imaging. At the CMIF, she helps users in light sheet and confocal microscopy, including live-cell imaging, as well as SIM and transmission electron microscopy. She is enthusiastic about collaborating with others to help them achieve their imaging goals.