Improving Electron Microscopic Study in the Undergraduate Curriculum

该项目提供了相应的资金，购买了一台组合的透射和扫描电子显微镜，为学生提供了更多在细胞水平上学习和实验的机会。这一发展的核心是一门电子显微镜理论和技术的课程，旨在让学生熟悉电子显微镜和扫描电子显微镜的设计和操作原理。通过密集的实验室教学，学生获得了在透射电子显微镜和扫描电子显微镜技术和操作方面的“实践”经验，然后将这些经验应用到选定的研究项目中。新的电子显微镜/扫描电子显微镜通过将注意力集中在生物结构的细胞方面，丰富了生物课程所有级别的实验室练习，并为学生自主和生物学荣誉研究提供了新的机会。

This project has provided matching funds to purchase a combined transmission and scanning electron microscope (TEM/SEM) to provide enhanced opportunities for students to study and experiment at the cellular level. Central to this development is a course in The Theory and Techniques of Electron Microscopy, designed to familiarize students with the principles of TEM and SEM design and operation. Through intensive laboratory instruction, students gain "hands-on" experience in TEM and SEM techniques and operation which then is applied to selected research projects. The new TEM/SEM enriches laboratory exercises at all levels of the biology program by focusing attention on the cellular aspects of organismal structure, and provides new opportunities for student independent and honors research in Biology.