Purchase of an imaging multi-mode reader for animal bioscience research

由BioTek生产的Cytation 5成像多模式阅读器(C5-IMMR)是一款最先进的荧光/发光平板阅读器，结合了各种成像功能，可以在生物检测过程中对细胞或组织进行实时生理测量，同时进行形态成像。C5-IMMR是一个经济实惠且用户友好的平台，具有多模式功能，这使其成为推动动物生物科学系(ABS)应用和基础动物研究和学生培训的一个有吸引力的工具。ABS研究由不同的农业部门提供资金支持，通常通过省级和联邦政府项目提供资金。ABS的师资队伍正在迅速增长，以适应我们非常成功的本科动物生物学和创新研究生学习项目中的学生培训。我们的毕业生非常需要填补加拿大农业食品和动物保健行业的空缺；事实上，根据安大略省农业学院进行的一项调查，大型(安大略省)农业食品行业缺少HQP。由于我们正处于研究生培训的增长阶段，而且我们正在接受大学为新教师提供的额外津贴资金，ABS非常需要新的基础设施。购买C5-IMMR具有高度多功能的能力，将确保在可持续和合乎道德的动物生产、高质量和高附加值动物产品的生产以及人类新陈代谢、营养和健康动物模型的使用这三个组织主题下，在发现和创新研究以及HQP培训方面继续取得进步。我们在这些主题中的每一个方面的研究都直接促进了加拿大大型农业研究机构-食品工业的增长。除了推进卡罗博士、斯奎尔斯博士、贝德卡瑞特博士、坎特博士和李博士在ABS中的基础和应用研究计划外，该设备还将支持广泛的合作和创新的动物生物科学研究，这些研究通常涉及细胞和组织生物学。

The Cytation 5 Imaging Multi-Mode Reader (C5-IMMR), produced by BioTek, is a state-of-the art fluorescent/luminescent plate reader combined with diverse imaging capabilities that allows for real-time physiological measurements of cells or tissues with simultaneous morphological imaging during biological assays. The C5-IMMR is an affordable and user-friendly platform with multi-mode capabilities, which makes it an attractive instrument for advancing applied and basic animal research and student training in the Department of Animal Bioscience (ABS). ABS research is financially supported by various agriculture sectors and is typically matched by funding through provincial and federal government programs. The ABS faculty is rapidly growing to accommodate student training within our highly successful undergraduate Animal Biology and innovative graduate studies programs. Our graduates are in high demand to fill vacancies in the Canadian Agri-Food and animal health industries; in fact according to a survey conducted by the Ontario Agricultural College there is a shortage of HQP in the large (Ontario) Agri-Food industry. Since we are in the growth phase of graduate training and we are receiving additional stipend funding from the university for new faculty, ABS greatly needs new infrastructure. The purchase of the C5-IMMR, with its highly versatile capabilities, will ensure continued advancements in discovery and innovative research and the training of HQP within our three organizational themes of sustainable and ethical animal production, the production of high quality and value-added animal products, and use of animal models for human metabolism, nutrition and health. Our research within each of these themes contributes directly the growth of the large Canadian Agr-Food industry. In addition to advancing the basic and applied research programs of Drs. Karrow, Squires, Bédécarrats, Cant and Li within ABS, this equipment will also support a wide range of collaborative and innovative animal bioscience research that commonly involves cell and tissue biology.