Acquisition of Sample Preparation and Imaging Equipment for Use in Analyses of Preserved Fossil Soft Tissues

这笔赠款支持购买样品制备和成像设备，用于对保存下来的化石软组织进行分析。显微切割机和辅助样品制备和储存设备将促进化石组织的加工和准备，以便随后进行显微结构和组织化学表征，并可从化石组织中鉴定分子来源材料。促进的研究将加强对软组织、细胞或分子如何在化石记录中保存的理解，并可能导致以前无法获得的关于灭绝生命的信息。该设备将支持不同类型的研究生和本科生的研究培训。使用该设备准备的材料将支持北卡罗来纳州自然科学博物馆和落基山脉博物馆永久博物馆展品的开发。

0548847SchweitzerThis grant supports acquisition of sample preparation and imaging equipment for use in analyses of preserved fossil soft tissues. Microtomes and ancillary sample preparation and storage equipment will facilitate the processing and preparation of fossil tissues for subsequent microstructural and histochemical characterization and may allow for identification of molecular source materials from fossilized tissues. Research facilitated will enhance understanding of how soft tissues, cells or molecules are preserved in the fossil record and could lead to previously unattainable information about extinct life. The equipment will support the research training of a diverse range of graduate and undergraduate students. Material prepared using this equipment will support the development of permanent museum exhibits in both the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Museum of the Rockies.