Transmission Electron Microscope for Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

毕格罗海洋科学实验室位于缅因州的布斯湾港，自1974年以来一直是海洋研究中心。该实验室以研究海洋浮游植物而闻名。除了接待常驻和访问研究人员外，该实验室还是Provasoli-Guillard海洋浮游植物培养中心、MacIsaac流式细胞术和细胞分选设施以及遥感实验室的所在地。毕格罗实验室的研究员罗伯特·安德森博士提议为实验室购置一台透射电子显微镜（TEM）。收购拟议的TEM将对毕格罗实验室完成的研究的质量和数量产生重大影响。最近的电子显微镜目前在缅因州的奥罗诺，距离实验室有两个小时的车程。这种距离使许多来访的科学家不愿在实验室开展研究，也阻碍了在那里工作的研究人员。实验室的文化收藏是一个重要的国际系统资源，TEM的存在将有助于立即开展高水平的研究活动。毕格罗实验室在为访问科学家提供设备和仪器方面享有盛誉。拟议的多用户瞬变电磁炉的收购将使广泛的海洋生物学家、海洋学家、微生物学家和进化系统学家受益。

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, located on Maine's Boothbay Harbor, has been a center for marine research since 1974. The Lab is best known for research on marine phytoplankton. In addition to hosting both resident and visiting researchers, the Lab is the site of the Provasoli-Guillard Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, the MacIsaac Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility, and a remote sensing laboratory. Dr. Robert Andersen, a staff research scientist at Bigelow Lab, proposes acquisition of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) for the Lab. Acquisition of the proposed TEM would have a substantial impact on both the quality and quantity of research accomplished at Bigelow Lab. The closest electron microscope is currently in Orono, Maine, a two hour drive from the Lab. This distance discourages many visiting scientists from initiating research at the Lab, and hinders those researchers working there. The Culture Collection at the Lab is an important international systematic resource, and the presence of a TEM would facilitate an immediate high level of research activity. Bigelow Lab has an excellent reputation for supporting visiting scientists with facilities and instrumentation. The proposed acquisition of a multi-user TEM would benefit a wide range of marine biologists, oceanographers, microbiologists and evolutionary systematists.