Acquisition of Microscopy Instrumentation

购置显微镜仪器

• 批准号: 0521165
• 负责人: Thomas Wolkow
• 金额: $ 6.78万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0521165&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Microscopy; Instrumentation

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.

该奖项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倍油镜），滤块（DAPI，FITC，TRITC）和复杂的成像硬件和软件，代表生物学，地理学，人类学，化学和电气，计算机，机械和航空航天工程。 这些设备将大大加强这些调查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来研究生物体及其不同环境之间存在的动态关系。 显微镜检查患病植物可能允许生物学研究人员设计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，因为他们可以更好地观察微观结构和各种光波长。 鉴于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。 人类学家将检查古代文物，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。 这种显微镜设备还将使这些研究人员能够实现重要的研究培训目标。 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，面向培训视力和身体残疾的科学学生。