MRI-R2: Acquisition Of A Shared Electron Microscope For The Institute Of Neurobiology

MRI-R2：为神经生物学研究所购置共享电子显微镜

• 批准号: 0959225
• 负责人: Rosa Blanco
• 金额: $ 36.52万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0959225&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Acquisition; Shared; Electron

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds from the Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2) program were provided to support the acquisition of a new transmission electron microscope (TEM) to replace a 30 year old TEM at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). The TEM will be installed at the Institute of Neurobiology. The Institute is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental research facility devoted to the study of the structure and function of the nervous system at all levels of organization from whole animal behavior to molecular biology. Because it is managed as a shared resource, the new TEM significantly enhances the research efforts of investigators at the Institute, at other campuses of the UPR, and at other universities in Puerto Rico. The projects benefitting from the TEM address the broad objectives of understanding basic mechanisms of connectivity of the nervous system, focusing on changes during development, after injury, and in response to the environment. The acquisition of the TEM also positively impacts training of graduates and medical students, undergraduates and science teachers. Courses in basic and advanced electron microscopy enrich graduate programs and increase the number of qualified users on the island. Community outreach efforts, which include workshops in electron microscopy for high school teachers and visits to the new facility by groups of high school students, also broaden the impact of the instrumentation upon science education. Following in the tradition of the UPR as a major contributor to the education and training of scientists, the shared electron microscope is instrumental in the training of future academic leaders in the field of Neuroscience. Results from the studies enabled by the new TEM will be disseminated by student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings, and through publication in peer-reviewed journals.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。主要研究仪器-恢复和再投资（MRI-R2）计划提供的资金用于支持购买新的透射电子显微镜（TEM），以取代波多黎各大学医学科学校区（UPR-MSC）30岁的TEM。TEM将安装在神经生物学研究所。 该研究所是一个跨学科，跨部门的研究机构，致力于研究神经系统的结构和功能，从整个动物行为到分子生物学的各个层次的组织。因为它是作为一种共享资源管理的，新的TEM大大加强了研究所、普遍定期审议其他校区和波多黎各其他大学的研究人员的研究工作。受益于TEM的项目解决了理解神经系统连接的基本机制的广泛目标，专注于发育过程中，受伤后以及对环境的反应。 TEM的获得也对研究生和医学生、本科生和科学教师的培训产生了积极影响。基本和高级电子显微镜课程丰富了研究生课程，并增加了岛上合格用户的数量。社区推广工作，其中包括为高中教师举办电子显微镜讲习班和高中学生团体参观新设施，也扩大了仪器对科学教育的影响。遵循普遍定期审议作为科学家教育和培训的主要贡献者的传统，共享电子显微镜有助于培养神经科学领域未来的学术领导者。 新的TEM所支持的研究结果将通过学生和教师在区域和国家会议上的演讲以及在同行评审期刊上的出版来传播。