Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope for the Biological Sciences

在雷银博士的指导下，巴纳德学院获得了一笔赠款，用于购买具有光谱成像能力的共焦成像系统。该仪器将由生物学，环境科学和心理学系的八名教师使用，以进行尖端的科学研究。除了开展大量的研究项目，巴纳德教师授课，监督本科生独立研究项目（专业和非专业）和高级论文（科学专业），并积极参与学生研究人员在自己的实验室和项目。因此，生物学，环境科学和心理学系的教师不仅将使用共聚焦显微镜来推进自己的研究，还将向本科生教授尖端的研究技术。共聚焦显微镜将用于研究昼夜节律的神经基础，果蝇发育遗传学，产生适应性行为的机制，RNA噬菌体感染中的病毒，肝细胞中转胞吞作用的分子调节，神经元，原生动物食草动物和疏水有机污染物之间的突触传递，以及脑单胺和神经活性肽在摄食行为中的作用。此外，预计每年将有30名生物学、环境科学、行为神经科学和心理学专业的本科生在导师的监督下使用共聚焦显微镜进行研究项目。此外，教师将创建涉及共聚焦显微镜四门课程的实验室练习：分子生物学，细胞生物学，环境测量和行为神经科学。因此，每年将有80多名学生接触到这些设备

A grant has been awarded to Barnard College under the direction of Dr. Rae Silver to purchase a confocal imaging system with spectral imaging capabilities. The instrument will be used by eight faculty in the Biology, Environmental Science, and Psychology Departments to carry out cutting-edge scientific research. In addition to carrying out substantial research programs, Barnard faculty teach classes, supervise undergraduate independent research projects (for majors and non-majors) and senior theses (of science majors), and actively involve student researchers in their own laboratories and projects. As such, faculty in the Biology, Environmental Science, and Psychology Departments will not only use the confocal microscope to advance their own research, but also to teach cutting-edge research techniques to undergraduates. The confocal microscope will be used in the study of the neural basis of circadian rhythms, Drosophila developmental genetics, mechanisms that produce adaptive behavior, viruses in RNA bacteriophage infections, molecular regulation of transcytosis in hepatocytes, synaptic transmission between neurons, protozoan grazers and hydrophobic organic contaminants, and the role of brain monoamines and neuroactive peptides implicated in ingestive behavior. Moreover, it is expected that a total of 30 undergraduate Biology, Environmental Science, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Psychology majors will use the confocal microscope for research projects each year under the supervision of their faculty mentor. In addition, faculty will create laboratory exercises involving the confocal microscopy for four courses: molecular biology, cell biology, environmental measurements, and behavioral neuroscience. As a result, 80 additional students each year will have exposure to the equipment