COBRE: OK MED RES FOUND: CORE I: IN VITRO MICROSCOPY CORE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 在我们的多学科项目中，先进的显微技术代表了主要的研究方法。选择最合适的方法可能非常复杂，样品制备所涉及的技术需要相当高的技能。因此，体外显微镜 CORE将在这一合作计划中发挥特别重要的作用。核心将在项目的各个步骤中提供最先进的专业知识，从实验设计和样品准备，到高分辨率光学和电子显微图像的图像捕获和分析。 体外显微镜核心将在弗洛里亚·卢普博士的指导下，设在心血管生物学研究计划最近建立的成像设施中。作为一名经验丰富的成像专家，安德鲁·韦斯特穆克特博士将把50%的精力投入到这项提案中所描述的活动中。 该核心拥有执行各种技术的专业知识和设备，从Brightfield组织分析到共聚焦显微镜和3D成像，从标准的透射电子显微镜到免疫金标记和先进的冷冻技术(冷冻免疫金标记、冷冻替代、高压冷冻、冷冻断裂和深度蚀刻)。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Advanced microscopy techniques represent major investigational approaches in each of the proposed projects of our multi-disciplinary program. The choice of the most appropriate method can be very complex, and the techniques involved in sample preparation require considerable skill. Therefore the In Vitro Microscopy Core will play a particularly important role in this collaborative program. The Core will provide state-of-the-art expertise in various steps of the projects, from experimental design and specimen preparation, to image capture and analysis of high-resolution light and electron micrographs. The In Vitro Microscopy Core will be based in the recently established Imaging Facility of the Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, under the direction of Dr. Florea Lupu. An experienced imaging specialist, Dr. Andrew Westmuckett will devote 50% of his effort towards the activities described in this proposal. The core has the expertise and the equipment to perform a diversity of techniques, ranging from brightfield histological analysis to confocal microscopy and 3D imaging, from standard transmission electron microscopy to immunogold labeling and advanced cryo-technologies (cryoimmunogold labeling, freeze substitution, high pressure freezing, and freeze fracture and deep-etching).