Confocal Microscopy System for Physiological and Endocrinological Studies

该奖项支持购买共聚焦显微镜系统，包括相机和计算机，用于细胞和分子生物学、内分泌学、生殖生理学、消化生理学、动物胚胎学和营养学的研究和教学。该系统将允许高倍率，高分辨率的研究采用明场，微分干涉对比（DIC）和荧光显微镜。最先进的共聚焦系统和无限远光学在这台显微镜将加强定量免疫荧光研究。共享显微镜的三位研究人员的研究项目集中在血管发育（血管生成）在组织生长、发育和退化中的作用；激素对生长、发育和代谢的控制；以及器官和组织内的细胞相互作用。来自细胞生物学中心和动物与牧场科学系、生物科学系、兽医与微生物科学系的其他研究人员以及他们的学生也有望使用该系统。

This award supports purchase of a confocal microscopy system, including camera and computer for research and teaching in cellular and molecular biology, endocrinology, reproductive physiology, digestive physiology, animal embryology and nutrition. This system will permit high-magnification, high-resolution studies employing bright field, differential interference contrast (DIC) and epifluorescence microscopy. The state-of-the-art confocal system and infinity optics in this microscope will enhance quantitative immunofluorescence studies. The three investigators who will share the microscope have research programs focused on the role of vascular development (angiogenesis) in tissue growth, development and regression; hormonal control of growth, development and metabolism; and cellular interactions within organs and tissues. Other researchers from the Cell Biology Center and the Departments of Animal and Range Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, as well as their students, are also expected to use the system.