Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope

在Stacia A. Sower博士的指导下，新罕布什尔大学获得了一笔用于研究和教学的共聚焦显微镜的资助。九个主要用户将利用显微镜的功能，利用荧光研究植物的细胞过程和结构，动物视觉，神经元结构，脑激素，微生物及其动物宿主的共生关系。显微镜将提高研究人员的能力，以定位结构和过程的兴趣，通过使用荧光标记方法。本科生、研究生和博士后将在他们的研究中使用这种新仪器，显微镜将在分子生物学和生物化学课程的实验室部分使用。

A grant has been awarded to the University of New Hampshire under the direction of Dr. Stacia A. Sower to acquire a confocal microscope for research and teaching. Nine major users will take advantage of the capability of the microscope to use fluorescence in studies of cellular processes and structure in plants, animal vision, neuron structure, brain hormones, and in symbiosis of microbes and their animal hosts. The microscope will enhance the ability of the researchers to localize structures and processes of interest through the use of fluorescent labeling methods. Undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students will use the new instrument in their research, and the microscope will be used in laboratory sections of molecular biology and biochemistry courses.