Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope for Research and Teaching at Vassar College

设备： MRI：第 1 轨采购一台共焦显微镜，用于瓦萨学院的研究和教学

• 批准号: 2320195
• 负责人: Hadley Bergstrom
• 金额: $ 88.49万
• 依托单位: Vassar College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2320195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; MRI; Track; Acquisition; Confocal

An award is made to Vassar College to acquire a confocal microscope to enhance research and teaching in the New York Mid-Hudson Valley region, including at Marist College and at the State University of New York at New Paltz. This microscope will create new STEM research opportunities for undergraduates, especially those from underrepresented groups, by enhancing ongoing and future research projects and by facilitating programs across disciplines aimed at increasing student diversity in STEM. Microscopy-focused community outreach events, such as a “science cafe” to informally present research to the broader community, will highlight the importance of basic biological research to an inclusive audience. The microscope will enhance an already vibrant life sciences consortium in the Mid-Hudson Valley, creating a regional resource that builds community and brings together neighboring institutions and a diversity of students for cutting-edge scientific discovery.This award will fundamentally transform faculty research, faculty-mentored undergraduate research, and advanced-level teaching in the New York Mid-Hudson Valley region. The breadth of the capabilities of this confocal microscope includes the ability to image biological structures at high resolution and in 3-dimensions, from molecules to living organisms. The microscope will be a widely-used, multi-purpose device that augments the capabilities of numerous researchers in a diverse range of disciplines, including biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and psychological science. The microscope will also be incorporated into the classroom, including “hands-on” laboratory courses at both Vassar College and Marist College. Through undergraduate research and training, this award provides a state-of-the-art confocal microscopy platform for training the next generation of scientists.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

瓦萨学院获得了一台共聚焦显微镜，以加强纽约中哈德逊河谷地区的研究和教学，包括玛丽斯特学院和纽约州立大学新帕尔茨分校。该显微镜将创造新的 STEM 研究。通过加强正在进行和未来的研究项目以及促进旨在增加 STEM 学生多样性的跨学科项目，为本科生，特别是来自代表性不足群体的本科生提供机会，例如举办“科学咖啡馆”非正式地展示研究成果。向更广泛的社区强调基础生物学研究对包容性受众的重要性，该显微镜将增强哈德逊河谷中部本已充满活力的生命科学联盟，创造一个建立社区、将邻近机构聚集在一起和多样性的区域资源。该奖项将从根本上改变纽约中哈德逊河谷地区的教师研究、教师指导的本科生研究和高级教学。这款共焦显微镜的功能广度包括以下能力。对生物结构进行成像高分辨率和 3 维显微镜，从分子到活体生物体，将成为一种广泛使用的多用途设备，可增强生物化学、细胞生物学、发育生物学等不同学科的众多研究人员的能力。微生物学、分子生物学、神经科学和心理科学也将被纳入课堂，包括瓦萨学院和玛丽斯特学院的“实践”实验室课程。用于培训下一代科学家的最先进的共焦显微镜平台。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。