Acquisition of a Spectral Confocal Microscope: Teaching and Research Explorations in Biological Sciences in an Undergraduate College Setting

光谱共焦显微镜的购置：本科院校生物科学的教学与研究探索

• 批准号: 9977366
• 负责人: Barbara Beltz
• 金额: $ 22.6万
• 依托单位: Wellesley College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-15 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9977366&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Spectral; Confocal; Microscope; Teaching

Award Abstract9977366Barbara BeltzWellesley CollegeAcquisition of a Spectral Confocal Microscope: Teaching and Research Explorations in Biological Sciences in an Undergraduate College settingConfocal Microscopy is poised at the interface between anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and molecular techniques. The laser microscope therefore is rapidly becoming a centerpiece in biological technology, and instrument that should be included as standard equipment for departments striving toward excellent teaching and research facilities. With this award, a Leica TCS SP Spectral Confocal Microscope will be purchased for the Biological Sciences Department at Wellesley College. This microscope is a critical investment in our next generation of students. Wellesley's productive record in education of women scientists, along with its recent progress in attracting more underrepresented minorities to the sciences, bodes well for the sustained impact on this instrument on research training.The primary mission at Wellesley College is the undergraduate education of women. This commitment has taken on a special meaning in the sciences where women have traditionally been underrepresented. In the Biological Sciences Department, the permanent full-time faculty of 12 members maintains high standards for both teaching and research. The vast majority of faculty has extramural funding that supports productive research programs that also are focused on training undergraduate students. Therefore, the confocal microscope will not only have an impact on research training, but will also enhance the research environment for a high proportion of our faculty.The 7 projects that are described in this application represent a wide variety of approaches to biological research: studies of prokaryotic systems; cell physiology (apoptosis in mammalian cell cultures); neurosciences in both vertebrate and invertebrate systems; cell physiology in plants (Arabidopsis cytoskeleton). The acquisition of the confocal microscope will therefore impact a broad base of faculty and undergraduate research students in the department, as well as specific courses in the curriculum at Wellesley College Biological Sciences Department.

获奖摘要9977366芭芭拉BeltzWellesley学院收购光谱共聚焦显微镜：教学和研究探索生物科学在本科院校settingConfocal显微镜是准备在解剖，生理，生物化学和分子技术之间的接口。 因此，激光显微镜正迅速成为生物技术的核心，并应作为标准设备的部门努力争取优秀的教学和研究设施的仪器。 凭借该奖项，韦尔斯利学院生物科学系将购买一台Leica TCS SP光谱共聚焦显微镜。 这台显微镜是对我们下一代学生的重要投资。 韦尔斯利学院在女科学家教育方面卓有成效的记录，沿着它最近在吸引更多代表性不足的少数民族进入科学领域方面取得的进展，预示着这一工具对研究培训的持续影响。 这一承诺在传统上妇女代表性不足的科学领域具有特殊意义。 在生物科学系，12名成员的永久全职教师保持教学和研究的高标准。 绝大多数教师都有校外资金支持生产性研究项目，这些项目也专注于培养本科生。 因此，共聚焦显微镜不仅对研究培训产生影响，而且还将改善我们大部分教师的研究环境。本申请中描述的7个项目代表了生物研究的各种方法：原核系统的研究;细胞生理学（哺乳动物细胞培养中的细胞凋亡）;脊椎动物和无脊椎动物系统中的神经科学;植物细胞生理学（拟南芥细胞骨架）。 因此，共聚焦显微镜的收购将影响该部门的教师和本科研究生的广泛基础，以及韦尔斯利学院生物科学系课程中的具体课程。