MRI: Acquisition of a Confocal Live Cell Imaging System

在David a . Knecht博士的指导下，康涅狄格大学获得了一个奖项，用于实时观察活细胞的旋转圆盘共聚焦显微镜。该仪器将允许对细胞进行实时、快速成像，以研究各种细胞过程，包括植物、黏菌和鱼类中的运动、生长素运输、囊泡运输和生长素定位。显微镜将增加细胞的活力，并允许长时间观察。该机构在招募代表性不足的群体参与科学研究的几个项目中有着良好的记录，该仪器将增强这些项目中学生的经验。大多数共聚焦显微镜的用户将是研究生，本科生和高中生将使用该仪器进行演示。

An award has been made to the University of Connecticut under the direction of Dr. David A. Knecht to acquire a spinning disc confocal microscope to be used for observing living cells in real time. The instrument will allow real-time, fast imaging of cells to study a variety of cellular processes, including motility, auxin transport, vesicular transport, and auxin localization in plants, slime molds, and fish. The microscope will increase viability of cells and allow observations to be made over long periods of time. The institution has strong record in several programs for recruiting underrepresented groups to science, and the instrument will enhance the experiences of students in these programs. Most of the users of the confocal microscope will be graduate students, and undergraduate and high school students will be given demonstrations with the instrument.