Acquisition of Sample Preparation and Imaging Equipment for Use in Analyses of Preserved Fossil Soft Tissues

0548847 schweitzer本基金支持购买用于保存的化石软组织分析的样品制备和成像设备。显微组和附属样品制备和存储设备将促进化石组织的加工和制备，用于随后的微观结构和组织化学表征，并且可以允许从化石组织中鉴定分子源材料。促进的研究将加强对软组织、细胞或分子如何在化石记录中保存下来的理解，并可能导致以前无法获得的关于灭绝生命的信息。该设备将支持各种研究生和本科生的研究训练。使用该设备准备的材料将支持北卡罗来纳自然科学博物馆和落基山脉博物馆的永久博物馆展品的发展。

0548847SchweitzerThis grant supports acquisition of sample preparation and imaging equipment for use in analyses of preserved fossil soft tissues. Microtomes and ancillary sample preparation and storage equipment will facilitate the processing and preparation of fossil tissues for subsequent microstructural and histochemical characterization and may allow for identification of molecular source materials from fossilized tissues. Research facilitated will enhance understanding of how soft tissues, cells or molecules are preserved in the fossil record and could lead to previously unattainable information about extinct life. The equipment will support the research training of a diverse range of graduate and undergraduate students. Material prepared using this equipment will support the development of permanent museum exhibits in both the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Museum of the Rockies.