Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope for the Biological Sciences

在雷·西尔弗博士的指导下，巴纳德学院获得了一笔赠款，用于购买具有光谱成像能力的共焦成像系统。生物学、环境科学和心理学系的八名教员将使用该仪器进行尖端科学研究。除了开展实质性的研究计划外，巴纳德学院的教职员工还授课，监督本科独立研究项目(针对专业和非专业)和高级论文(针对理科专业)，并积极让学生研究人员参与自己的实验室和项目。因此，生物学、环境科学和心理学系的教员不仅将使用共焦显微镜来推进他们自己的研究，而且还将向本科生传授尖端研究技术。共聚焦显微镜将用于研究昼夜节律的神经基础、果蝇发育遗传学、产生适应行为的机制、RNA噬菌体感染中的病毒、肝细胞跨细胞作用的分子调控、神经元、原生动物食草动物和疏水性有机污染物之间的突触传递，以及脑单胺和神经活性多肽在摄食行为中的作用。此外，预计每年将有30名生物学、环境科学、行为神经科学和心理学专业的本科生在教师导师的指导下使用共焦显微镜进行研究项目。此外，教师还将为四门课程创建使用共焦显微镜的实验室练习：分子生物学、细胞生物学、环境测量和行为神经科学。因此，每年将增加80名学生接触到这种设备

A grant has been awarded to Barnard College under the direction of Dr. Rae Silver to purchase a confocal imaging system with spectral imaging capabilities. The instrument will be used by eight faculty in the Biology, Environmental Science, and Psychology Departments to carry out cutting-edge scientific research. In addition to carrying out substantial research programs, Barnard faculty teach classes, supervise undergraduate independent research projects (for majors and non-majors) and senior theses (of science majors), and actively involve student researchers in their own laboratories and projects. As such, faculty in the Biology, Environmental Science, and Psychology Departments will not only use the confocal microscope to advance their own research, but also to teach cutting-edge research techniques to undergraduates. The confocal microscope will be used in the study of the neural basis of circadian rhythms, Drosophila developmental genetics, mechanisms that produce adaptive behavior, viruses in RNA bacteriophage infections, molecular regulation of transcytosis in hepatocytes, synaptic transmission between neurons, protozoan grazers and hydrophobic organic contaminants, and the role of brain monoamines and neuroactive peptides implicated in ingestive behavior. Moreover, it is expected that a total of 30 undergraduate Biology, Environmental Science, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Psychology majors will use the confocal microscope for research projects each year under the supervision of their faculty mentor. In addition, faculty will create laboratory exercises involving the confocal microscopy for four courses: molecular biology, cell biology, environmental measurements, and behavioral neuroscience. As a result, 80 additional students each year will have exposure to the equipment