Purchase of Epi-fluorescence Microscopes for Establishing an Undergraduate Cell Biology Laboratory Course and to Enhance Other Upper Division Biology Courses

该项目将对我校生物专业学生产生立竿见影的影响，使我校能够开设本科、大二/大三/水平的细胞生物学课程。我们正在为细胞生物学和我们的免疫学、医学微生物学、微生物学、生理学和分子生物学课程开发先进的显微镜实验室，这些实验室采用配备对比度增强光学、视频图像采集和分析系统的荧光显微镜。这些新的练习特别利用了许多令人兴奋的新荧光探针，这些探针可用于研究活细胞和固定细胞。这些活动将增加学生在项目导向实验室的“动手”参与。在许多情况下，学生将利用这些显微镜的先进功能进行研究项目。结果将是生物实验课程的重大振兴。大学将提供与奖金相等的金额。

This project will have an immediate impact on our students majoring in biology, enabling the University to develop an undergraduate sophomore/junior/level cell biology course. Advanced microscopy laboratories employing fluorescence microscopes equipped with contrast-enhancing optics, video image acquisition and analysis systems are being developed for cell biology and our courses in immunology, medical microbiology, microbiology, physiology and molecular biology. These new exercises take special advantage of many of the exciting new fluorescent probes available for studying living and fixed cells. These activities will increase the "hands-on" participation of our students in project-oriented laboratories. In many instances students will work on investigative projects designed to employ the advanced features of these microscopes. The results will be a significant revitalization of the biology laboratory curricula. The University is contributing an amount equal to the award.