Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Phase Fluorometry

本研究的目的是使用“最先进”的荧光光谱仪器。这些仪器广泛应用于生物医学研究中，用于研究配体与大分子的结合、蛋白质吸附、不同蛋白质的结合、蛋白质变性、大分子构象和动力学等。该仪器将由生物工程系和生物聚合物中心使用。七名主要研究人员已经组成了一个合作组织，将该设备用于广泛的项目研究，如：血液材料相容性、软晶状体材料、生物材料和心脏研究设备。该仪器将很容易获得，并提供给工程学院的所有研究人员。

The purpose of this research is to use a "state of the art" instrument for fluorescence spectroscopy. Such instruments are widely used in biomedical research to study ligand binding to macromolecules, protein adsorption, association of different proteins, protein denaturation, and macromolecular conformation and dynamics. This instrument will be used by the Department of Bioengineering and the Center for Biopolymers. Seven principle investigators have formed a cooperative to use this equipment is a wide range of projects such as studies of: blood-material compatibility, materials for soft lens, biomaterials and devices for cardiac research. This instrument will be easily accessible and available to all researchers in the College of Engineering.