Light Microscopy in the Undergraduat Biology Curriculum

该项目的目标是改进中央密歇根大学生物系的细胞和分子生物学课程，该项目将(1)开发一门以仪器为基础的动手显微镜课程；(2)提高现有细胞生物学、分子生物学、分子生物学方法和电子显微镜课程的实验室质量和效率，以加强研究性本科课程的建设。所要求的设备包括配备光学元件和附件的高质量光学显微镜，这些光学元件和附件可用于多种应用，包括亮场、相位、偏振、DIC和荧光，以及最先进的图像处理和分析系统。这些新的显微镜和现有的一台传输电子显微镜和两台扫描电子显微镜，其中一台配备了X射线(EDS)，将通过胶片和视频与图像处理器连接。实验台类型的课程和活动让学生在真实的实验环境中接触到仪器的实际使用，将使用这种集成成像系统。

The goal of the project is to improve the cell and molecular biology curriculum at the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University, The project will (1) develop a hands-on, instrument-based, course in microscopy; (2) improve the quality and effectiveness of laboratories in existing courses in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology, and Electron Microscopy for a strongly research oriented undergraduate program. The equipment requested includes high quality light microscopes equipped with optics and accessories designed with multiple applications of brightfield, phase, polarizing, DIC and epifluorescence, and a state-of-the-art image processing and analysis system. These new microscopes and one existing transmission and two scanning electron microscopes, one of which is equipped for x-ray (EDS), will interface, by film and video, with the image processor. Bench-type laboratory courses and activities which expose students to the practical use of instrumentation in real experimental situations will use this integrated imaging system.