Gammacell 40 Exactor Research Irradiator

描述(由申请者提供)：佛罗里达大学已着手建立一系列重大研究计划。这些机构包括斯汉兹癌症中心、麦克奈特脑研究所、密歇根大学遗传学研究所和免疫学中心。这些举措已经引进并将继续聘用许多新的教员。作为其中两(2)项计划的结果，癌症中心和遗传学研究所，该大学正在建设一座新的28万研究大楼，在其中容纳这两个研究项目。这座新的癌症和遗传学研究大楼还将容纳一个可容纳17,000只笼子的SPF啮齿动物设施。在这个新的SPF动物设施中，缺少的一(1)件主要共享设备是辐照器。正如您将在本申请中看到的，辐照器是共享设备的重要组成部分，它将极大地惠及我们日益增长的NIH支持的研究计划。我们正在申请资金购买MDS Nordion Inc.Gammacell 40精密仪器自给式低剂量率研究辐照仪(Cat。#GC40)和两个铯137源(分类#GC40C440)，它将能够提供110拉德/分钟的中心剂量率。在这项提案中，我们还要求提供资金，用于购买一套3个衰减器、一个样品腔准直器和一个样品抽屉托盘。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Florida has embarked upon building a series of major research initiatives. These include the Shands Cancer Center, McKnight Brain Institute, UF Genetics Institute, and the Center for Immunology. These initiatives have brought in and are continuing to hire many new faculties. As a result of two (2) of these initiatives, the Cancer Center and Genetics Institute, the University is in the process of building a new 280,000 research building in which to house these two research programs. This new Cancer & Genetics research building will also house an SPF rodent animal facility with a 17,000-cage capacity. One (1) major piece of shared equipment lacking in this new SPF animal facility is an irradiator. As you will see in this application an irradiator is a vital piece of shared equipment that will greatly benefit our growing NIH supported research initiatives. We are requesting funds to purchase an MDS Nordion Inc. Gammacell 40 Exactor Self-Contained Low Dose Rate Research Irradiator (Cat. # GC40) complete with two cesium 137 sources (Cat. # GC40C440), which will be capable of delivering a central dose rate of 110 rad/min. In this proposal we are also requesting funds for the purchase of a set of 3 attenuators, a sample cavity collimator and a sample drawer tray.