MRI:Acquisition of a Zeiss LSM 880 confocal microscope with Airyscan for research and training at North Carolina State University.

北卡罗来纳州立大学(NCSU)被授予获得最先进的共焦显微镜的奖励，以培养一支准备充分和知识渊博的劳动力队伍，以及进行世界级的研究。该仪器将用于对本科生、研究生和博士后进行定量荧光显微镜应用和单分子计数方面的培训。显微镜将放置在细胞和分子成像设施(CMIF)内，这是一个由大学管理的核心研究设施，为来自六所NCSU学院以及来自邻近机构和当地行业的研究人员提供服务。该系统将通过一门新课程(生物学中的定量成像和动力学)、其他现有课程(BIT595共焦显微镜和BIT 478/578绘制大脑图)以及直接的本科研究经验，向学生展示最先进的成像应用。此外，一个新的创新的光学显微镜讲习班将为来自当地历史上有黑人的学院和大学(HBCU)和北卡罗来纳州当地一所女子学院的代表不足的学生服务。通过让传统上代表性不足的学生接触尖端研究和技术，NCSU打算扩大人们对STEM(科学、技术、工程、数学)教育的兴趣并改进STEM(科学、技术、工程、数学)教育。这一创新计划将：i)让整个地区的学生接触到他们所在院校无法获得的先进成像技术；ii)向缺乏全面研究计划的机构的学生介绍NCSU正在进行的研究；iii)整合和加强NCSU与合作机构之间的现有合作。NCSU将与北卡罗来纳大学自然科学博物馆合作，通过研讨会参与者以及NCSU实验室的学生和博士后领导的演示和动手教育活动来分享成像结果。共焦显微镜的状况将影响NCSU六所学院和许多学科的研究和培训计划，包括细胞和分子生物学、生物化学、动植物发育生物学、植物病理学和生物工程等。该仪器将使NCSU的教职员工和学生能够i)以更高的灵敏度和分辨率进行测量；ii)获得快速的时间和空间数据；以及iii)以更低的光毒性对活的生物样本进行更长时间的成像。这些能力将影响植物液泡生物发生和动力学、植物干细胞维持、果蝇胚胎中的远程信号以及动物细胞迁移过程中的细胞信号等方面的研究计划。

An award is made to North Carolina State University (NCSU) to acquire a state-of the art confocal microscope in order train a well-prepared and knowledgeable workforce, as well as to conduct world-class research. This instrument will be used to train undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs in quantitative fluorescence microscopy applications and single molecule counting. The microscope will be located within the Cellular and Molecular Imaging Facility (CMIF), a University-administered core research facility that serves researchers from six NCSU colleges and from neighboring institutions and local industries. This system will expose students to state-of-the-art imaging applications via a new course (Quantitative Imaging and Dynamics in Biology), other established courses (BIT595 Confocal Microscopy and BIT 478/578 Mapping the Brain), and during direct undergraduate research experiences. In addition, a new and innovative Light Microscopy Workshop will serve under-represented students from local Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and a local women's college in North Carolina. By exposing traditionally underrepresented students to cutting edge research and technology, NCSU intends to broaden interest in and to improve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. This innovative program will i) expose students across the region to advanced imaging technologies that are not available at their home institutions; ii) introduce students at institutions lacking comprehensive research programs to ongoing research at NCSU; and iii) integrate and strengthen existing collaborations between NCSU and partnering institutions. NCSU will partner with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to share imaging results via presentations and hands-on educational activities led by Workshop participants as well as students and postdocs from NCSU laboratories.The state of the confocal microscope will impact research and training programs across six NCSU colleges and numerous disciplines, including Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Animal and Plant Developmental Biology, Plant Pathology, and Bio-Engineering, among others. This instrument will enable NCSU faculty and students to i) perform measurements with increased sensitivity and discrimination; ii) obtain fast temporal and spatial data; and iii) image live biological samples for longer times with reduced phototoxicity. These capabilities will impact, among others, research programs in plant vacuole biogenesis and dynamics, stem cell maintenance in plants, long-range signaling in the Drosophila embryo, and cell signaling during animal cell migration.