MRI: Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope

MRI：购买共焦显微镜

• 批准号: 0821211
• 负责人: Joyce Fernandes
• 金额: $ 28.32万
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0821211&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Confocal; Microscope

A grant has been awarded to Miami University to purchase a spectral imaging confocal microscope. Along with the existing system this microscope will be accessible through the University supported Electron Microscopy Facility. The PI (Joyce Fernandes), co-PIs (Richard Edelmann, Luis Actis, Quinn Li and Chris Makaroff) and faculty participants (Eileen Bridge, Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Lori Isaacson, Kathleen Killian, John Kiss, Michael Robinson) have well-established research programs in Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, and Microbial Pathogenesis. This group of researchers represents four departments- Botany, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Zoology, and Microbiology and their common interest in confocal microscopy is especially useful as an example of how tools and techniques are used across disciplines to address basic biological problems. Current collaborations among the departments include an NSF funded program to foster research interests in under-represented student groups at the undergraduate level and an interdepartmental graduate program in Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology (CMSB).The focus at Miami University is to provide a quality learning experience for undergraduates, a goal that is enhanced through an increasing emphasis on developing our graduate research programs. Acquisition of the new instrumentation will allow the University to become competitive in hiring new faculty and research personnel, as well as to enrich the integration of research and teaching activities, not only at the graduate and undergraduate levels, but also in our K-12 outreach. Thus, the educational mission of the University will be enhanced at multiple levels.

迈阿密大学已获得拨款购买光谱成像共焦显微镜。与现有系统一起，该显微镜将可以通过大学支持的电子显微镜设施进行访问。 PI (Joyce Fernandes)、联合 PI (Richard Edelmann、Luis Actis、Quinn Li 和 Chris Makaroff) 和教职人员 (Eileen Bridge、Katia Del Rio-Tsonis、Lori Isaacson、Kathleen Killian、John Kiss、Michael Robinson) 都取得了良好的成绩-建立了发育生物学、神经生物学、细胞生物学、分子遗传学和微生物发病机制的研究项目。这组研究人员代表四个部门——植物学、化学和生物化学、动物学和微生物学，他们对共焦显微镜的共同兴趣特别有用，可以作为如何跨学科使用工具和技术来解决基本生物学问题的例子。目前各院系之间的合作包括一个 NSF 资助的项目，该项目旨在培养本科生中代表性不足的学生群体的研究兴趣，以及一个跨院系的细胞、分子和结构生物学 (CMSB) 研究生项目。迈阿密大学的重点是提供高质量的本科生的学习体验，通过日益重视发展我们的研究生研究项目来增强这一目标。购买新仪器将使大学在聘用新教师和研究人员方面具有竞争力，并丰富研究和教学活动的整合，不仅在研究生和本科生层面，而且在我们的 K-12 推广中。因此，大学的教育使命将在多个层面上得到加强。