OPTICAL IMAGING CORE

光学成像核心

• 批准号: 6946257
• 负责人: BRIAN A. HERMAN
• 金额: $ 3.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6946257
• 关键词: aging; bioimaging /biomedical imaging; biomedical facility; computer program /software; computer system hardware; digital imaging; fluorescence microscopy; fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; image processing; immunofluorescence technique; molecular /cellular imaging; optics; technology /technique development; training

The Optical Imaging Core is a new addition to the arsenal of core facilities available to San Antonio Nathan Shock Center members. The comprehensive studies proposed by members of this Nathan Shock Center increasingly require multi-level, correlative analysis of the physiological processes involved in aging. As such, many studies will involve analysis of cells, tissues, and animals. To aid the progress of aging research the Optical Imaging Core will make state-of-the-art imaging technology available to all Nathan Shock Center investigators. High-end instrumentation for acquisition and analysis of optical data is expensive and requires continued maintenance and improvements. The required commitment to this technology is often difficult to maintain within individual laboratories, especially when optical imaging is not a major focus for the laboratory. Therefore, the Optical Imaging Facility fills a critical need of Nathan Shock Center investigators by housing state-of-the-art technology, by providing continued maintenance of the equipment, and by offering training and technical advice to clients. The Specific Aims are as follows: 1. To make available to the aging research community at UTHSCSA state-of-the-art optical microscopy technology for imaging of living cells, tissues, and animals. 2. To anticipate and develop new imaging based technology for aging research. 3. To provide consultation, education and assistance regarding the theory and application of optical imaging to ensure the quality of research conducted by Nathan Shock Center clients of the Optical Imaging Core. 4. To provide computer hardware and software for analysis of digital images and production of publication quality prints.

光学成像核心是一个新的除了阿森纳的核心设施提供给圣安东尼奥内森休克中心的成员。内森休克中心成员提出的综合研究越来越需要对衰老过程中的生理过程进行多层次的相关分析。因此，许多研究将涉及细胞，组织和动物的分析。为了帮助老龄化研究的进展，光学成像核心将为内森休克中心的所有研究人员提供最先进的成像技术。用于光学数据的采集和分析的高端仪器是昂贵的，并且需要 持续的维护和改进。在单个实验室中，通常很难保持对这项技术的承诺，特别是当光学成像不是实验室的主要重点时。因此，光学成像设施满足了内森休克中心调查人员的迫切需要，提供最先进的技术，提供设备的持续维护，并为客户提供培训和技术咨询。 具体目标如下： 1.为UTHSCSA的老龄化研究社区提供最先进的光学显微镜技术，用于活细胞，组织和动物的成像。 2.预测和开发新的成像技术用于衰老研究。 3.提供有关光学成像理论和应用的咨询，教育和帮助，以确保Nathan Shock Center光学成像核心客户进行的研究质量。 4.提供电脑硬件及软件，以分析数码影像及制作 印刷质量。