University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine 2 articles published in JoVE Neuroscience Laminectomy and Spinal Cord Window Implantation in the Mouse Elizabeth A. Pietruczyk1, Terilyn K.L. Stephen2, Simon Alford1, Sarah E. Lutz1 1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 2Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine This protocol describes implantation of a glass window onto the spinal cord of a mouse to facilitate visualization by intravital microscopy. Immunology and Infection Using a Bacterial Pathogen to Probe for Cellular and Organismic-level Host Responses Petoria Gayle1, Nancy E. Freitag2, Natasa Strbo1, Kurt Schesser1 1Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine We describe both in vitro and in vivo infection assays that can be used to analyze the activities of host-encoding factors.