Will Ramos-Lewis, PhD

Will earned his B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was introduced to fluorescence microscopy in a lab studying chromatin and mitotic spindle mechanics. While working towards his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University, Will used structured illumination microscopy to study how basement membranes are repaired during wound healing. He continued to image basement membrane proteins in vivo with spinning disk confocal microcopy during his postdoc at Duke University. Will has extensive experience in both live and fixed sample imaging using model organisms that include S. cerevisiae (budding yeast), D. melanogaster (fruit flies), and C. elegans (nematodes). As a member of the CMIF, he helps researchers with a wide variety of confocal imaging goals and is always excited to learn new techniques.