Improving Electron Microscopic Study in the Undergraduate Curriculum

本项目已提供配套资金，用于购买一台透射和扫描电子显微镜（TEM/SEM），为学生提供更多的机会在细胞水平上进行研究和实验。这一发展的核心是电子显微镜的理论和技术课程，旨在使学生熟悉TEM和SEM的设计和操作原理。通过密集的实验室教学，学生获得TEM和SEM技术和操作的“动手”经验，然后将其应用于选定的研究项目。新的TEM/SEM通过将注意力集中在有机体结构的细胞方面，丰富了生物学课程各个层次的实验室练习，并为学生在生物学方面的独立和荣誉研究提供了新的机会。

This project has provided matching funds to purchase a combined transmission and scanning electron microscope (TEM/SEM) to provide enhanced opportunities for students to study and experiment at the cellular level. Central to this development is a course in The Theory and Techniques of Electron Microscopy, designed to familiarize students with the principles of TEM and SEM design and operation. Through intensive laboratory instruction, students gain "hands-on" experience in TEM and SEM techniques and operation which then is applied to selected research projects. The new TEM/SEM enriches laboratory exercises at all levels of the biology program by focusing attention on the cellular aspects of organismal structure, and provides new opportunities for student independent and honors research in Biology.