Acquisition of a Fluorescence Stereoscope and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope for Spectral Imaging of Plant Cells

在玛丽亚·J·哈里森博士的指导下，博伊斯·汤普森植物研究所获得了一笔赠款，用于购买荧光立体镜和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜，用于研究植物细胞。 显微镜将允许研究人员和学生观察植物细胞，具有更好的景深，并且没有植物细胞的自发荧光，这使得在其他类型的显微镜下观察困难。 这些仪器将直接受益于10个主要用户和7个次要用户，他们研究各种细胞和分子植物结构和过程。 研究课题包括与植物相关的菌根细菌、细菌毒力、叶片组织分化以及植物与蚜虫之间的相互作用等。 博伊斯汤普森研究所隶属于康奈尔大学和纽约州立大学科特兰分校，通过该研究所，大量学生将有机会使用显微镜进行课程和研究。 在植物基因组研究的暑期实习计划与少数民族学生参与的良好记录也将利用新设备提供的研究机会。

A grant has been awarded to the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research under the direction of Dr. Maria J. Harrison to acquire a fluorescence stereoscope and laser scanning confocal microscope that will be used in studies of plant cells. The microscopes will allow researchers and students to make observations of plant cells with improved depth of field and without autofluroescence of plant cells that makes viewing difficult under other types of microscopes. The instruments will have a direct benefit to ten primary and seven secondary users who study a variety of cellular and molecular plant structures and processes. Research topics include mycorhhizal bacterial associated with plants, bacterial virulence, differentiation of tissues in leaves, and interactions between plants and aphids that live on them, among others. The Boyce Thompson Institute is affiliated with Cornell University and SUNY-Cortland, through which a large number of students will have access to the microscopes for their courses and research. A summer internship program in plant genome research with a strong record of minority student involvement will also take advantage of research opportunities offered by the new equipment.