MRI: Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope to Build an Integrative LIfe Sciences Imaging Program and Create New Research Opportunitiesat Whitman College

MRI：购买激光扫描共焦显微镜以建立综合生命科学成像项目并在惠特曼学院创造新​​的研究机会

• 批准号: 1039958
• 负责人: Ginger Withers
• 金额: $ 54.94万
• 依托单位: Whitman College
• 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: 2010-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1039958&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Laser; Scanning; Confocal

This Major Research Instrumentation award funds the acquisition of a confocal microscopy system at Whitman College. The new confocal system greatly expands Whitman College imaging capabilities, provides new research possibilities for undergraduates, and improved opportunities to integrate research into courses in Biology, Physics and our integrative Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology Program. Research projects that will utilize the new microscope include studies of neuronal growth and neural system development, protein crystallization, plant physiology, pollen formation, and a range of other topics. The system is also integral to a workshop co-taught by Physics and Biology professors. The confocal will be the only accessible instrument of its kind in the region, and will have a broad impact on the surrounding community through use by researchers at neighboring institutions and for demonstrations in existing Whitman outreach programs for middle school teachers, middle school and Latino high school students. Results from the studies conducted with the confocal microscope will be broadly disseminated through abstracts and peer reviewed publications, as well as by active participation of students and faculty at professional meetings.

这个主要的研究仪器奖资助共聚焦显微镜系统在惠特曼学院的收购。 新的共聚焦系统大大扩展了惠特曼学院的成像能力，为本科生提供了新的研究可能性，并改善了将研究融入生物学，物理学和我们的综合生物化学，生物物理学，分子生物学课程的机会。 将利用新显微镜的研究项目包括神经元生长和神经系统发育，蛋白质结晶，植物生理学，花粉形成和一系列其他主题的研究。 该系统也是由物理学和生物学教授共同教授的研讨会的组成部分。 共聚焦将是该地区唯一可使用的同类仪器，并将通过邻近机构的研究人员的使用对周围社区产生广泛的影响，并在现有的惠特曼中学教师，中学和拉丁美洲高中学生的推广计划中进行演示。 从共聚焦显微镜进行的研究结果将通过摘要和同行评议的出版物，以及学生和教师在专业会议的积极参与广泛传播。