Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope for Research and Teaching at Vassar College

设备： MRI：第 1 轨采购一台共焦显微镜，用于瓦萨学院的研究和教学

• 批准号: 2320195
• 负责人: Hadley Bergstrom
• 金额: $ 88.49万
• 依托单位: Vassar College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2320195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; MRI; Track; Acquisition; Confocal

An award is made to Vassar College to acquire a confocal microscope to enhance research and teaching in the New York Mid-Hudson Valley region, including at Marist College and at the State University of New York at New Paltz. This microscope will create new STEM research opportunities for undergraduates, especially those from underrepresented groups, by enhancing ongoing and future research projects and by facilitating programs across disciplines aimed at increasing student diversity in STEM. Microscopy-focused community outreach events, such as a “science cafe” to informally present research to the broader community, will highlight the importance of basic biological research to an inclusive audience. The microscope will enhance an already vibrant life sciences consortium in the Mid-Hudson Valley, creating a regional resource that builds community and brings together neighboring institutions and a diversity of students for cutting-edge scientific discovery.This award will fundamentally transform faculty research, faculty-mentored undergraduate research, and advanced-level teaching in the New York Mid-Hudson Valley region. The breadth of the capabilities of this confocal microscope includes the ability to image biological structures at high resolution and in 3-dimensions, from molecules to living organisms. The microscope will be a widely-used, multi-purpose device that augments the capabilities of numerous researchers in a diverse range of disciplines, including biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and psychological science. The microscope will also be incorporated into the classroom, including “hands-on” laboratory courses at both Vassar College and Marist College. Through undergraduate research and training, this award provides a state-of-the-art confocal microscopy platform for training the next generation of scientists.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

瓦萨学院获得了一个共聚焦显微镜的奖项，以加强纽约哈德逊中河谷地区的研究和教学，包括在马里斯特学院和纽约州立大学新帕尔茨分校。通过加强正在进行的和未来的研究项目，以及促进旨在增加STEM学生多样性的跨学科项目，该显微镜将为本科生，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的本科生创造新的STEM研究机会。以显微镜为重点的社区外展活动，例如非正式地向更广泛的社区介绍研究的“科学咖啡馆”，将突出基础生物学研究对包容性受众的重要性。该显微镜将加强哈德逊中部山谷已经充满活力的生命科学联盟，创造一个区域资源，建立社区，并将邻近的机构和多样化的学生聚集在一起，进行尖端的科学发现。该奖项将从根本上改变纽约中哈德逊河谷地区的教师研究、教师指导的本科生研究和先进水平的教学。这种共聚焦显微镜的功能范围包括以高分辨率和三维方式对生物结构进行成像的能力，从分子到生物体。该显微镜将成为一种广泛使用的多用途设备，增强众多研究人员在不同学科领域的能力，包括生物化学、细胞生物学、发育生物学、微生物学、分子生物学、神经科学和心理科学。显微镜也将被纳入课堂，包括瓦萨学院和玛丽斯特学院的“动手”实验课程。通过本科生的研究和培训，该奖项为培养下一代科学家提供了一个最先进的共聚焦显微镜平台。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。