Acquisition Of A Philips Technai 12 TEM, a Philips XL30-TMP ESEM-Oxford E400 EDS, and a Leica Ultramicrotome To Enhance Research and Training In The Life and Physical Sciences

一笔赠款已授予约翰·T博士。Beneski在西切斯特大学购买了透射电子显微镜（TEM）和超薄切片机。该设备的增加，以大学的中心先进的科学成像（CASI）将（1）显着增加的研究机会，为他们的教师和学生，特别是在科学;（2）提高他们的能力，吸引新的学生从最广泛的多样性的背景（3）提高他们的能力，培养学生在国家的最先进的市场技能;及（4）为师生提供与本地制药、生物科技及环境产业等高科技走廊的科学家合作的新机会，并为师生提供新的工具，以补充或扩展他们现有的研究计划，或启动新的研究，从而增加研究机会。新的电子显微镜将被生物学、地质学、天文学和化学系的师生广泛使用，以研究各种各样的问题，包括：（1）brabrites的分类学研究;（2）癌性和正常乳腺组织中视黄醇代谢酶9-顺式视黄醇脱氢酶的核定位;（3）病毒感染后昆虫卵泡细胞差距连接处发生的早期事件的可视化。 这些项目中的每一个都将涉及本科生和研究生的大量参与。Beneski博士将通过积极推动独立的学生研究项目和建立学分实习计划，为学生提供在CASI工作的机会。除了研究和培训，新的电子显微镜将被用作吸引来自传统和非传统背景的新科学专业的招聘工具。为了实现这一目标，Beneski博士将发起一系列的实践演示和图尔斯之旅，向定期访问大学的潜在学生展示CASI的先进成像技术，作为针对地区高中，转学生，和服务不足的群体。西切斯特大学在提供国家的持续增长-艺术成像技术和资源不仅服务于我们的教师和学生在科学的当前和未来的需求，它也反映了宾夕法尼亚州和PA国家高等教育系统对科学和技术的日益重视。 采购所需设备是继续发展高级科学成像中心的关键一步，该中心是西切斯特大学研究和研究培训的关键资源。

A grant has been awarded to Dr. John T. Beneski at West Chester University to purchase a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and an Ultramicrotome. The addition of this equipment to the University's Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging (CASI) will (1) significantly increase the research opportunities for their faculty and students, particularly in the sciences; (2) enhance their ability attract new students from the widest diversity of backgrounds (3) enhance their ability to train students in state-of-the-art marketable skills; and (4) provide new opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate with scientists from the local high-tech corridor of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and environmental industries.Research opportunities will be enhanced by providing faculty and students with new tools that can be used to compliment or extend their current research program or to initiate new investigations. The new electron microscope will be used extensively by faculty and students in the Departments of Biology, Geology & Astronomy, and Chemistry to investigate a wide variety of problems including: (1) a taxonomic investigation of bryophytes; (2) nuclear localization of the retinol metabolizing enzyme 9-cis retinol dehydrogenase within cancerous and normal mammary tissue; and (3) visualization of the early events that occur at the gap junctions of insect ovarian follicle cells following viral infection. Each of these projects will involve significant participation by both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Beneski will provide opportunities for students to work in the CASI by actively promoting independent student research projects and establishing a credit-bearing internship program. In addition to research and training, the new electron microscope will be used as a recruitment tool for attracting new science majors from both traditional and non-traditional backgrounds. To accomplish this, Dr. Beneski will initiate a series of hands-on demonstrations and tours that showcase the advanced imaging technologies of CASI to potential students that regularly visit the University as part of existing programs targeting area high schools, transfer students, and underserved groups.West Chester University's continued growth in providing state-of-the-art imaging technologies and resources not only serves the immediate and future needs of our faculty and students in the sciences, it also mirrors a growing emphasis on the sciences and technology by the State of Pennsylvania and PA State System of Higher Education. The acquisition of the requested equipment is a critical step in the continued development of Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging as a key resource for research and research training at West Chester University.