MRI: Acquisition of an EM PACT2 High Pressure Freezer

在Paul韦伯斯特博士的指导下，House Ear研究所获得了一个高压冷冻系统，该系统将使研究人员能够冷冻组织和细胞，而不会发生样品干燥和冷冻时通常发生的结构变形。这种精心的保存需要研究听觉系统的解剖细节，细菌生物膜，原生动物的结构，以及鱼类和其他脊椎动物的耳朵发育。众议院耳朵研究所与一个研究组织，橡树冠科学研究所，为高中和社区大学的学生提供研究经验。这些计划为大量妇女和少数民族提供了深入的实践研究经验，否则在科学领域代表性不足。

An award has been made to the House Ear Institute under the direction of Dr. Paul Webster for the acquisition of a high pressure freezing system that will allow researchers to freeze tissues and cells without the usual deformation of structures that occurs when samples are dried and frozen by more conventional methods. Such careful preservation is needed to study fine details of anatomy of the auditory system, bacterial biofilms, structure in protozoa, and ear development in fish and other vertebrates. The House Ear Institute has partnered with a research organization, the Oak Crest Institute of Sciences, which provides research experiences for high school, and community college students. These programs provide intensive hands-on research experiences for large number of women and minorities otherwise underrepresented in science.