X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy (XFM) in Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是为题为“X射线荧光显微镜（XFM）在生物学”的会议将于2013年8月9日和10日在西北大学医学院（市中心校区），芝加哥，IL举行的主要和次要资金支持的请求。会议的使命是让XFM和类似显微技术的现有用户交流数据和想法，同时推广XFM在生物学和医学中的应用，并培养一批使用XFM技术的研究人员;我们期望这将增加对金属纳米材料、金属成像剂、金属组学以及研究环境污染物的影响，包括放射性核素、重金属和纳米材料。NIBIB申请的大部分资金用于赞助学生/博士后旅行和海报奖励。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a request for primary and secondary funding support for a conference entitled "X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy (XFM) in Biology" to be held at Northwestern University Medical School (downtown campus), Chicago, IL on August 9 and 10th 2013. The mission of the conference is to allow current users of XFM and similar microscopy techniques to exchange data and ideas and at the same time to popularize the use of XFM in biology and medicine and grow a pool of investigators using XFM technique; we expect this will increase the yield of cutting edge research on metallic nanomaterals, metallic imaging agents, metalomics, and studies of effects of environmental pollutants including radionuclides, heavy metals, and nanomaterials. The majority of NIBIB funds requested are for sponsoring student/post-doc travel and poster awards.