Confocal Microscope for Developmental Biologists

这是一份购买共焦扫描光学显微镜的提案，供一组发育和细胞生物学家使用。这台显微镜使用固态光束偏转装置来实现超高速图像记录。该仪器将主要用于发育研究，重建动物发育中的关键事件。荧光标记将被用来标记发育中的生物体中的特定细胞或分子，并将使用集成的计算机软件来获取、存储、重建和分析共聚焦显微镜图像。发育生物学家小组建议研究各种生物体的模式形成和细胞决定。他们还将研究神经细胞在发育过程中的生长和分化。细胞生物学家将使用显微镜来可视化和分析瞬时事件，如运输、细胞器组装、定向和拆卸。

This is a proposal to purchase a confocal scanning light microscope to be used by a group of developmental and cell biologists. This microscope uses a solid-state beam deflecting device to achieve very high speed image recording. The instrument will be used predominantly for developmental studies, reconstructing critical events in animal development. Fluorescent markers will be used to tag specific cells or molecules in the developing organism, and confocal microscope images will be acquired, stored, reconstructed and analyzed using integrated computer software. The group of developmental biologists proposes to study pattern formation and cellular determination in a variety of organisms. They will also study nerve cell growth and differentiation during development. Cell biologists will use the microscope to visualize and analyze transient events, such as transport, organelle assembly, orientation and disassembly.