Acquisition of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

共聚焦激光扫描显微镜将支持俄克拉荷马州立大学(OSU)的研究项目。该仪器将被安置在该大学的中央显微镜实验室，用于俄亥俄州立大学教职员工的三个主要项目以及许多较小项目的研究。此外，研究生将接受使用新显微镜的培训，以拓宽和加强他们的研究培训。使用共焦显微镜将使俄亥俄州立大学的研究人员提高他们在生物科学和材料科学方面的研究能力。在生物学方面，他们将获得植物和动物细胞中发生的动态过程的实时图像。将使用共焦显微镜的具体项目包括研究植物和微生物之间的相互作用、植物细胞之间的大分子运动、植物和动物细胞内的小分子运动，以及设计用于创造可用作催化剂或光学材料的新物质的合成材料的研究。最近，俄克拉荷马州立大学在几个研究领域取得了重大突破，这些进展依赖于许多先进技术，包括分子生物学和电子显微镜。为了继续在这些领域发挥主导作用，需要一台共焦激光扫描显微镜。目前美国学术界和工业界的科学趋势都把重点放在了先进的方法上，包括分析活细胞中的基因及其产物的显微镜。共聚焦显微镜是细胞生物学的最新进展之一，它对现有设备的补充将使俄亥俄州立大学的教职员工和学生在国内和国际上保持竞争力

A confocal laser scanning microscope will support research projects at Oklahoma State University (OSU). This instrument will be housed in the University's central Microscopy Laboratory and used in the research of three major projects as well as numerous smaller projects by OSU faculty, students and staff. In addition, graduate students will be trained in the use of the new microscope to broaden and enhance their research training.Access to a confocal microscope will allow OSU investigators to enhance their research capability in the biological sciences as well as the materials sciences. In biology, they will obtain real time images of dynamic processes occurring in plant and animal cells. Specific projects in which the confocal microscope will be used include the study of interactions between plants and microbial organisms, the movement of large molecules between cells in plants, the movement of small molecules inside of plant and animal cells, and research in synthetic materials designed to create new forms of matter which can be used as catalysts or as optical materials. Recently there have been major breakthroughs in several areas of research at Oklahoma State University and these advances have relied on many advanced techniques including molecular biology and electron microscopy. To continue to play a leading role in these fields, a confocal laser scanning microscope is needed. Current trends in science in academia as well as industry in the United States have placed an emphasis on advanced methods including microscopy to analyze genes and their products in living cells. Confocal microscopy is one of the latest advances in cell biology, and its addition to existing equipment will allow OSU faculty and students to remain competitive in the national and international