MRI: Acquisition of an EM PACT2 High Pressure Freezer

MRI：购买 EM PACT2 高压冷冻机

• 批准号: 0722354
• 负责人: Paul Webster
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: House Ear Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0722354&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; EM; PACT2; Pressure

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.

在Paul Webster博士的指导下，House Ear研究所获得了一项奖项，以表彰其获得的高压冷冻系统，该系统将使研究人员能够冷冻组织和细胞，而不会出现常规方法干燥和冷冻样品时通常发生的结构变形。为了研究听觉系统的解剖学细节、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，需要如此小心地保存。House Ear研究所与一家名为Oak Crest Institute of Sciences的研究机构合作，后者为高中生和社区大学生提供研究经验。这些项目为大量女性和少数族裔提供了密集的实践研究经验，否则在科学领域的代表性就会不足。