Transmission Electron Microscope for Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

毕格罗海洋科学实验室（Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences）位于 缅因州的布斯贝港一直是海洋研究中心 从1974年开始 该实验室以研究海洋生物而闻名。 浮游植物 除了接待居民和来访者之外 该实验室是Provasoli-Guillard中心的所在地 用于海洋浮游植物培养的MacIsaac流式细胞仪 和细胞分选设施，以及一个遥感实验室。 博士 毕格罗实验室的研究科学家罗伯特·安德森说， 建议购置透射电子显微镜（TEM） 为了实验室。 收购拟议中的TEM将产生重大影响， 对已完成研究的质量和数量的影响 在毕格罗实验室 最近的电子显微镜目前在 缅因州的奥罗诺，离实验室两小时车程。 这个距离 使许多来访的科学家不愿在 实验室，并阻碍那些研究人员在那里工作。 的 实验室培养物收集是一项重要的国际 系统资源，TEM的存在将有助于 高水平的研究活动。 毕格罗实验室有一个 在支持访问科学家方面享有良好的声誉， 设施和仪器。 建议收购A 多用户TEM将使广泛的海洋生物学家受益， 海洋学家、微生物学家和进化系统论者。

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, located on Maine's Boothbay Harbor, has been a center for marine research since 1974. The Lab is best known for research on marine phytoplankton. In addition to hosting both resident and visiting researchers, the Lab is the site of the Provasoli-Guillard Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, the MacIsaac Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility, and a remote sensing laboratory. Dr. Robert Andersen, a staff research scientist at Bigelow Lab, proposes acquisition of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) for the Lab. Acquisition of the proposed TEM would have a substantial impact on both the quality and quantity of research accomplished at Bigelow Lab. The closest electron microscope is currently in Orono, Maine, a two hour drive from the Lab. This distance discourages many visiting scientists from initiating research at the Lab, and hinders those researchers working there. The Culture Collection at the Lab is an important international systematic resource, and the presence of a TEM would facilitate an immediate high level of research activity. Bigelow Lab has an excellent reputation for supporting visiting scientists with facilities and instrumentation. The proposed acquisition of a multi-user TEM would benefit a wide range of marine biologists, oceanographers, microbiologists and evolutionary systematists.