Vision Research Core

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大学视觉研究核心补助金的更新有两个首要目标：1。提高佛罗里达大学各系视觉研究核心研究人员使用最先进技术进行视觉研究的能力。视觉研究核心设施支持和加强其成员的现有，资助的研究计划。此外，它是整个校园其他视觉研究工作的资源，促进新的举措，并确保所有视觉研究人员都能获得最新的技术和专业知识。2.促进视觉研究的合作和多学科研究。我们的调查人员和部门之间已在很大程度上进行合作、沟通和交流思想和专门知识。视觉研究核心的共享支持设施有助于进一步巩固这种社区意识，支持共同的目标和目的，并提高视觉科学复杂问题的跨学科研究水平。这些目标是通过视觉研究核心服务模块由该补助金支持，由眼科系，由医学院和佛罗里达大学。我们提出 通过四个模块满足佛罗里达大学视觉研究人员的发展需求：1）细胞和组织培养/免疫学，2）分子遗传学，3）结构生物学/组织学和4）活体眼部分析。每个模块都提供最先进的仪器，服务和建议，并继续发展，以最好地满足用户在这个快速发展的眼科研究时代不断变化的需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal of the University of Florida's Vision Research Core grant has two overarching aims: 1. To enhance the ability of Vision Research Core investigators in various departments at the University of Florida to perform studies in vision research using state-of-the-art techniques. Vision Research Core facilities support and enhance the existing, funded research programs of its members. Moreover, it is a resource for other vision research efforts across the campus, facilitates new initiatives and ensures that the latest technology and expertise is accessible to all vision researchers. 2. To promote collaborative and multidisciplinary studies in vision research. Collaboration, communication and interchange of ideas and expertise already exist to a high degree among our investigators and departments. The shared support facilities of the Vision Research Core serve to further solidify this sense of community, bolster common goals and objectives, and increase the level of interdisciplinary research on complex problems in the visual sciences. These aims are accomplished through Vision Research Core service modules supported by this grant, by the Department of Ophthalmology, by the College of Medicine and by the University of Florida. We propose to meet the developing needs of the University of Florida vision researchers through four modules: 1) Cell & Tissue Culture/Immunology, 2) Molecular Genetics, 3) Structural Biology/Histology and 4) In-Life Ocular Analysis. Each module offers state-of-the art instruments, services and advice, and continues to evolve to best meet the changing needs of its users in this rapidly developing era of ocular research.