A New TEM for Biology

该奖项支持为超微结构研究实验室购买透射电子显微镜（TEM），该实验室是南佛罗里达大学（USF）生物系运营的中央电子显微镜设施。这台新仪器取代了一台已经使用了23年的旧显微镜，该显微镜目前由于没有备件而无法使用。该仪器将支持生物系四个主要用户的研究计划，其中三个在过去两年中加入了该机构。 调查领域包括海洋无脊椎动物病毒、海藻附生植物的附着、无脊椎动物卵的机械和结构特性以及淡水鱼中芳烃受体转运途径的研究。 TEM将被USF研究生和本科生定期用于教学目的，偶尔也会在坦帕大学教授的课程中使用。

This award supports the purchase of an transmission electron microscope (TEM) for the Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, a central electron microscope facility operated by the Department of Biology at the University of South Florida (USF). The new instrument replaces an obsolete, 23-year old microscope, which is currently inoperable because spare parts are no longer available. The instrument will support the research programs of four major users in the Department of Biology, three of whom have joined the institution in the last 2 years. Areas of investigation include viruses of marine invertebrates, attachment of marine algal ephiphytes, mechanical and structural properties of invertebrate eggs, and studies of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor translocator pathway in freshwater fish. The TEM will be used for instructional purposes by USF graduate and undergraduate students on a regular basis, and also used on an occasional basis in a course taught at the University of Tampa.