RUI: Acquisition of Electron Microscopy Instrumentation to Enhance Undergraduate Research at Truman State University

杜鲁门州立大学的杰弗里·M·奥斯本博士获得了一笔赠款，通过收购电子显微镜仪器，增加了杜鲁门大学的本科生研究机会。这笔赠款的资金将用于购买下列仪器：1)现有的透射电子显微镜(TEM)的数字成像系统，2)现有的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)的数字成像系统，3)超显微切割机，4)切块机，5)临界点干燥机。这项提议汇集了五名在研究和教学中使用电子显微镜的教职员工。1)基生被子植物的花粉发育进化--Jeffrey Osborne(PI)。2)箭虫捕获猎物的功能形态-George Shinn(Co-Pi)。3)蚤的结构-功能关系：吸水-Laura Fielden(Co-PI)。4-5)玉米-Diane Janick-Buckner和Brent Buckner的程序性细胞死亡(Co-PI)。杜鲁门大学是密苏里州一所高度挑剔的公立文理大学，其使命包括非常强调让本科生参与原创研究。学生的研究是通过教师对个人和小组项目的指导，以及将原创研究直接纳入课程来实现的。电子显微镜继续在这两种方法中发挥关键作用。

A grant has been awarded to Dr. Jeffrey M. Osborn at Truman State University to enhance undergraduate research opportunities at Truman through the acquisition of electron microscopy instrumentation. Funds from this grant will be used to purchase the following instruments: 1) a digital image system for an existing transmission electron microscope (TEM), 2) a digital image system for an existing scanning electron microscope (SEM), 3) an ultramicrotome, 4) a block trimmer, and 5) a critical point dryer. This proposal brings together five faculty members who utilize electron microscopy in their research and teaching. 1) Pollen Developmental Evolution in Basal Angiosperms - Jeffrey Osborn (PI). 2) Functional Morphology of Prey Capture by Arrow Worms - George Shinn (Co-PI). 3) Structure-Function Relationships in Fleas: Water Uptake - Laura Fielden (Co-PI). 4-5) Programmed Cell Death in Maize - Diane Janick-Buckner and Brent Buckner (Co-PIs). Truman is Missouri's highly selective, public liberal arts and sciences university, whose mission includes a significant emphasis on involving undergraduate students in original research. Student research is achieved through faculty mentoring of individual and group projects, as well as direct inclusion of original research into the curriculum. Electron microscopy continues to play a pivotal role in both approaches.