Confocal Microscope

共焦显微镜

• 批准号: 6878277
• 负责人: TADMIRI Rangachar VENKATESH
• 金额: $ 19.97万
• 依托单位: CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6878277
• 关键词: biomedical equipment purchase; cell biology; confocal scanning microscopy; developmental neurobiology; hematopoiesis; learning; molecular /cellular imaging; neurogenesis

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funds for a confocal microscope to be used as shared imaging instrument by the faculty in the department of biology at the City College of New York. The confocal microscope will facilitate the research activities of eight NIH-funded investigators some of whom already use confocal microscopy in their research, and will enable others to initiate a new dimension to their ongoing research activities. At the present time there is no confocal microscope available in any of the departments of the Division of science at City College. The current users of the confocal microscopy are using for-fee facilities at other research institutions in New York and Boston. A total of nine principal investigators and over 40 research personnel including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduates, and research assistants will use the requested microscope on a daily basis. The research projects of the users cover a diverse variety of confocal applications that include: cellular basis of song learning in birds, neurotransmitter function in nematodes, neuronal development in Drosophila and higher vertebrates, studies on Foraminifera, thymic nurse cell function and Drosophila hematopoiesis and immune response. The use of a confocal microscope is critical for these studies. Funds are requested for a Nikon C1 confocal microscope. This microscope has high quality optics, resolution and excellent image quality and is versatile and compatible to most imaging software. In addition, the low cost of the microscope and quality of service as compared to other manufacturers were important points of concern. The confocal microscope is a key essential instrument and relatively standard in most departments. Acquisition of the confocal microscope will greatly enhance the quality and the productivity of the NIH funded investigators at City College.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求资金用于共共聚焦显微镜，以作为纽约城市学院生物学系的教职员工用作共享成像工具。共聚焦显微镜将促进八个由NIH资助的研究人员的研究活动，其中一些已经在研究中使用了共聚焦显微镜，并使其他人能够为他们正在进行的研究活动启动新的维度。目前，城市学院科学系的任何一个部门都没有共聚焦显微镜。当前的共聚焦显微镜使用者正在纽约和波士顿的其他研究机构使用Fore-Fee设施。共有9名主要研究人员和40多名研究人员，包括博士后研究员，研究生，本科生和研究助手，将每天使用所需的显微镜。用户的研究项目涵盖了各种各样的共聚焦应用，其中包括：鸟类中的歌曲学习的细胞基础，神经递质在线虫中的功能，果蝇中的神经元发展和较高的脊椎动物，有关有孔虫的研究，胸腺护士功能和果蝇hematopopopophila hematopoopo shamatopoiesis和免疫反应。共聚焦显微镜的使用对于这些研究至关重要。要求资金用于尼康C1共聚焦显微镜。该显微镜具有高质量的光学元件，分辨率和出色的图像质量，并且具有多功能性，并且与大多数成像软件兼容。此外，与其他制造商相比，显微镜和服务质量的低成本是重要的关注点。共聚焦显微镜是大多数部门的关键基本仪器，相对标准。收购共聚焦显微镜将大大提高城市学院NIH资助的研究人员的质量和生产力。