Acquisition of Microscopy Instrumentation

该合同将提供最新的显微镜设备，包括先进的研究级显微镜（微分干涉对比和荧光光学），物镜（10倍，20倍，40倍，60倍和100倍油物镜），滤光片（DAPI， FITC， TRITC）和复杂的成像硬件和软件，给生物学，地理学，人类学，化学和电气，计算机，机械和航空航天工程的11名研究人员。该设备将大大加强这些研究人员的研究和研究培训目标。在研究方面，生物学家将使用该设备调查生物有机体及其多样化环境之间存在的动态关系。对患病植物的显微检查可以让生物学研究者设计出未来的作物保护策略。工程师和化学家将能够设计和制造更灵敏的晶体管和生物传感器，现在他们可以更好地观察微观结构和各种光波长。考虑到全球变暖的直接威胁，地理学家将使用该设备观察微观叶片结构，以寻找影响区域水平衡的因素。人类学家将研究古代文物，分析影响过去文明的环境条件。重要的是，这种共享的设备可能会激发这些不同学科之间的研究合作，并导致创造新的和令人兴奋的科学进步。这种显微镜设备也将使这些研究人员达到重要的研究训练目标。使用新仪器的本科生和硕士生将获得博士学位课程以及美国不断扩大的生物技术产业所需的技术技能和科学知识。显微镜和成像仪器将被整合到一个现有的教学项目中，该项目旨在培训视力和身体残疾的理科生。

This award will provide updated microscopy equipment, including an advanced, research-grade microscope (differential interference contrast and fluorescence optics), objectives (10x, 20x, 40x and 60x- and 100x-oil objectives), filter cubes (DAPI, FITC, TRITC) and sophisticated imaging hardware and software, to eleven investigators representing Biology, Geography, Anthropology, Chemistry and Electrical, Computer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This equipment will significantly strengthen the research and research-training goals of these investigators. In terms of research, the Biologists will use this equipment to investigate the dynamic relationships existing among living organisms and their diverse environments. Microscopic examination of diseased plants may allow one Biology researcher to design future crop-protection strategies. The Engineers and Chemists will be able to design and build more sensitive transistors and biosensors now that they can better observe microscopic structures and a variety of light-wavelengths. Given the immediate threats of global warming, a Geographer will use the equipment to observe microscopic leaf structures in search of factors contributing to regional water balances. And the Anthropologist will examine ancient artifacts to analyze the environmental conditions that affected past civilizations. Importantly, this shared equipment is likely to spark research collaborations among these diverse disciplines and lead to the creation of new and exciting scientific advancements. This microscopy equipment will also allow these investigators to attain important research-training goals. Undergraduate and Masters students using the new instrumentation will gain both the technical skills and scientific know-how required by doctoral degree programs as well as America's expanding biotechnology industries. The microscope and imaging instrumentation will be integrated into an existing instructional project geared toward training visually and physically disabled science students.