Microinjection System to Address Key Cell Biology Principals

这种设备对于温莎大学至少两名由NSERC资助的研究人员的研究方向以及与当地一家初创公司建立工业合作伙伴关系至关重要。这些小组的主要研究重点是了解整个生命过程中细胞生物学的特定方面，以及这如何有助于有机体的发育。这些研究项目中的每一个都在很大程度上依赖于“模型系统”的生产，以研究特定基因如何在体内发挥作用。温莎大学目前缺乏所需的技术，这对这些研究方案开展工作的效率产生了重大影响。所要求的基础设施将使这些小组能够可视化细胞和发育生物学的功能方面，这在这一领域目前是不可能的。这一提议无疑将提高他们正在收集的数据的质量，并极大地提高他们开展工作的速度。

This equipment is crucial for the research direction of at least two NSERC funded researchers at the University of Windsor as well as securing an industrial partnership with a local start-up company. The primary research focus of these groups is to understand specific aspects of cell biology throughout life, and how this contributes to organism development. Each of these research programs rely very heavily on the production of 'model systems' to study how specific genes work in the body. The technology requested is currently lacking at the University of Windsor and this has had significant impact on the efficiency by which these research programs can carry out their work. The requested infrastructure will allow these groups to visualize functional aspects of cell and developmental biology that is currently not possible in this area. This proposal will undoubtedly improve the quality of the data they are collecting as well as to dramatically increase the rate at which they are able to conduct their work.