RUI: A Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U Research Inverted Microscope and Microinjection System for Studies of Calcium Signaling in Plants

在Edward Tucker博士的指导下，巴鲁克学院获得了一笔赠款，用于购买倒置显微镜和辅助数字成像设备、微吸管拉出器和植物微注射/钙成像设施的微操作器。项目将包括研究钙在有丝分裂中的作用，以及作为光和激素信号的第二信使。虽然在动物身上进行显微注射和钙成像是一种常规程序，但在植物中，这些技术需要特殊的技术技能。这个由这笔赠款支持的设施将是世界上少数几个显微注射苔藓细胞的设施之一。它将满足对巴鲁克学院苔藓微注射实验设施的需求，并且来自世界各地的合作者可以在这里接受苔藓转化和微注射方面的培训。

A grant has been awarded to Baruch College under the direction of Dr. Edward Tucker for the acquisition of an inverted microscope and ancillary digital imaging equipment, a micropipette puller, and a micromanipulator for a plant microinjection/calcium imaging facility. Projects will include investigation of the role of calcium in mitosis and as a second messenger in light and hormone signaling. While microinjection and calcium imaging in animals is a routine procedure, in plants these techniques require special technical skills. This facility supported by this grant will be one of a few worldwide where moss cells are microinjected. It will fulfill a demand for a facility where Baruch College moss microinjection experiments can be carried out, and where collaborators from around the world can be trained in moss transformation and microinjection.