Advanced Light Microscope Experience for Undergraduates

该奖项为北卡罗来纳州立大学动物系提供资金，用于购买设备，这些设备将为高级细胞和分子生物学实验室的学生提供紧张的动手体验。资金将用于购买先进的光学显微镜，以及用于相位对比度、霍夫曼调制对比度和荧光显微镜的附件，以及使用这些技术记录图像的能力。学生将探索选定的细胞类型的细胞学和细胞生物学的基本原理，通过使用当前的显微镜方法来表征和分析细胞的结构和功能。这些设备将由几门课程和本科生研究项目的学生共享，并将加强他们在现代光学技术方面的培训。受赠人正在将该奖项与非联邦来源相匹配。

This award provides funds to the Department of Zoology at North Carolina State University to purchase equipment which will provide intense, hands-on experience for students in advanced cell and molecular biology laboratories. Funds will be used to purchase an advanced light microscope, with accessories for phase contrast, Hoffman modulation contrast, and fluorescence microscopy, and the capabilities for recording the images using these techniques. Students will probe the cytology of selected cell types and basic principles of cell biology by employing current microscopical methods for the characterization and analysis of cellular structure and function. This equipment will be a resource to be shared by students from several courses and undergraduate research projects and will enhance their training in modern optical techniques. The grantee is matching this award with non-Federal sources.