MRI: Acquisition of an Updated Digital Microscopy Station for Multidisciplinary Museum Research and Student Training

MRI：购买更新的数字显微镜站，用于多学科博物馆研究和学生培训

• 批准号: 0821203
• 负责人: Thomas Pucci
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0821203&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Updated; Digital; Microscopy

A grant has been awarded to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History to update an aging microscope facility that supports research and training across multiple scientific disciplines. Currently, the Museum openly offers all Museum departments and colleagues (and their students) from other institutions microscopes with digital cameras and computer software for scientific analysis of images of Museum specimens. This grant will fund the purchase of two new microscopes with digital cameras and the computers and software needed for image analysis. A third camera will be purchased to update the existing equipment. The Museum intends to continue allowing access to visiting researchers. The original research will allow for continued work in diverse areas of invertebrate zoology, including 1) descriptions of new species of wasps; 2) elucidation of the biology of the immature stages of various insect groups; 3) the application of entomological data to crime scene investigation; and 4) the use of aquatic insects as indicators of ecosystem health in wetlands.The Museum is committed to obtaining a better understanding of the natural world and our place in it. Research in the broader areas of biodiversity and ecosystem health will provide descriptive data that will generate hypotheses to be tested. Data obtained using modern microscopy equipment and image analysis will generate data for application to practical questions, such as forensic entomology and conservation biology. One of the new systems will be mobile, allowing it to be used in Museum galleries for public interaction and incorporation into the Museum's Distance Learning Studios for remote classroom experiences. All equipment will be stored and used in a room visible to the visiting public to ensure they understand the behind-the-scenes world of Museum research and public service.

克利夫兰自然历史博物馆获得了一笔拨款，用于更新老化的显微镜设备，以支持跨多个科学学科的研究和培训。目前，博物馆公开向所有部门和其他机构的同事（及其学生）提供配备数码相机和计算机软件的显微镜，用于对博物馆标本图像进行科学分析。这笔赠款将用于购买两台带有数码相机的新显微镜，以及图像分析所需的计算机和软件。将购买第三台照相机以更新现有设备。博物馆打算继续允许来访的研究人员进入。最初的研究将允许在无脊椎动物学的不同领域继续工作，包括1)描述黄蜂的新物种；2)阐明不同昆虫类群的未成熟期生物学；3)昆虫学数据在犯罪现场调查中的应用；4)利用水生昆虫作为湿地生态系统健康指标。博物馆致力于更好地了解自然世界和我们在其中的位置。在生物多样性和生态系统健康等更广泛领域的研究将提供描述性数据，从而产生有待检验的假设。使用现代显微镜设备和图像分析获得的数据将产生用于实际问题的数据，例如法医昆虫学和保护生物学。其中一个新系统将是移动的，允许它在博物馆画廊中用于公众互动，并纳入博物馆的远程学习工作室，以实现远程课堂体验。所有的设备都将被存放在一个公众可以看到的房间里，以确保他们了解博物馆研究和公共服务的幕后世界。