Acquisition of a Research Microscope and Image Analysis System

我们需要资金购买最先进的奥林巴斯AX70 TRF研究显微镜平台，支持上级光学元件，微分干涉对比（Nomarski DIC）棱镜和落射荧光系统。此外，我们还要求附带一个图像分析系统，包括两个冷却的电荷耦合器件（CCD）相机、计算机、监视器和图像分析软件。该平台将允许优化图像信息和解释，这将大大提高BBSR的研究能力。购买这套仪器将立即有利于各种研究活动，包括西北马尾藻海微生物群落规模和营养结构的研究、马尾藻海固有光学特性的调查以及无脊椎动物生物多样性形态学和系统发育研究

We require funds to purchase state of the art Olympus AX70TRF research microscope platform which supports superior optical elements, differential interference contrast (Nomarski DIC) prisms and an epifluorescence system. In addition we request an accompanying image analysis system consisting of two cooled, charge - coupled device (CCD) cameras, computer, monitor and image analysis software. This platform will allow optimization of image information and interpretation which would greatly enhance the research capabilities of BBSR. The purchase of this instrumentation would immediately benefit a variety of research activities including studies of the microbial community's size, and trophic structure of the Northwestern Sargasso Sea, investigations of inherent optical properties in the Sargasso Sea, and studies of biodiversity morphological and phylogenetic studies of invertebrates