CORE GRANT IN VISION RESEARCH

视觉研究核心资助

• 批准号: 6894605
• 负责人: Jeffrey D Schall
• 金额: $ 59.66万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6894605
• 关键词: biomedical facility; vision

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) spanning the College of Arts & Science, Peabody College of Education, School of Engineering and School of Medicine requests uninterrupted support for four modules plus support for one new module. (1) The Animal Care Module provides specialized breeding, enrichment, surgical support and veterinary care of nonhuman primates and other large animals as well as genotyping and phenotyping of transgenic mice. These services not provided by the Vanderbilt Division of Animal Care. (2) The Computer Module provides hardware installation and maintenance, software development for visual displays and real-time data acquisition and analysis, webpage maintenance and production of illustrations for journals, slides and posters. (3) The Image Processing Module aids acquisition and analysis of optical imaging, fMRI and other imaging data. This module will also provide access to and support of confocal microscopy. (4) The Shop Module repairs, designs and fabricates specialized optical, mechanical and electronic instruments. Support is also requested for a new Gene & Protein Analysis Module that will provide economical access to gene microarray and protein mass spectrometry services. Administrative support is requested to ensure continued smooth and stable operation of the VVRC research and training missions. Modules are directed by investigators with NEI funding, have talented and experienced staff and provide services that are otherwise not available or would be prohibitively expensive or slow. During the last grant period, each module was used moderately or extensively by no less than five investigators. VVRC investigators produced several hundred publications that made fundamental contributions to basic and clinical visual science. The Core grant has increased collaborations between basic and clinical vision researchers across the Vanderbilt campus and with other institutions. The Core grant has improved our ability to recruit world-class vision researchers to Vanderbilt resulting in a more-thandoubling of NEI-sponsored research at Vanderbilt. The high level of performance of VVRC investigators, which depends on renewed Core grant support, synergizes with campus-wide initiatives in biomedical research and training at Vanderbilt.

描述（由申请人提供）：涵盖艺术与科学学院、皮博迪教育学院、工程学院和医学院的范德比尔特视觉研究中心 (VVRC) 请求对四个模块的不间断支持以及对一个新模块的支持。 (1) 动物护理模块提供非人灵长类动物和其他大型动物的专业繁育、富集、手术支持和兽医护理以及转基因小鼠的基因分型和表型分析。这些服务不是由范德比尔特动物护理部提供的。 (2) 计算机模块提供硬件安装和维护、视觉显示和实时数据采集和分析的软件开发、网页维护以及期刊、幻灯片和海报插图的制作。 (3)图像处理模块辅助光学成像、功能磁共振成像等成像数据的采集和分析。该模块还将提供对共焦显微镜的访问和支持。 (4) 车间模块修理、设计和制造专门的光学、机械和电子仪器。还请求支持新的基因和蛋白质分析模块，该模块将提供经济的基因微阵列和蛋白质质谱服务。需要行政支持，以确保 VVRC 研究和培训任务的持续顺利和稳定运行。这些模块由 NEI 资助的研究人员指导，拥有才华横溢且经验丰富的员工，并提供否则无法获得或过于昂贵或缓慢的服务。在上一个资助期间，每个模块被不少于五名研究人员适度或广泛使用。 VVRC 研究人员发表了数百篇出版物，为基础和临床视觉科学做出了基础性贡献。核心拨款加强了范德堡大学校园以及其他机构的基础和临床视觉研究人员之间的合作。核心资助提高了我们为范德比尔特招募世界一流的视觉研究人员的能力，从而使范德比尔特由 NEI 资助的研究数量增加了一倍多。 VVRC 研究人员的高水平绩效取决于新的核心拨款支持，与范德比尔特校园范围内的生物医学研究和培训计划相协同。