Analytical Microscopy Methods for Characterizing Individual Lipid Vesicles

化学系的分析和表面化学(ASC)计划将支持犹他大学的乔尔·M·哈里斯教授的研究计划。哈里斯教授的研究计划侧重于开发光学光谱方法来分析单个脂泡的组成，并测量化学物质通过这些囊泡膜的渗透速度。这项研究的一个创新特点是首次使用共聚焦拉曼散射来分析囊泡的化学成分。哈里斯教授的研究将把测量科学与目前处于药学和生物学研究前沿的问题结合起来，并将成为跨学科教育的理想平台。它将为希望在化学和生物交界处工作的学员提供一个极好的教育机会。

The Analytical and Surface Chemistry (ASC) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the research program of Prof. Joel M. Harris of the University of Utah. Prof. Harris' research program focuses on the development of optical spectroscopic methods to analyze the composition of individual lipid vesicles and measure the rate of permeation of chemical substances across the membrane of these vesicles. An innovative feature of the proposed study is the employment for the first time of confocal Raman scattering to analyze the vesicles chemical composition. The research of Prof. Harris will integrate measurement science with problems that are currently at the frontier of pharmaceutical and biological research and will serve as an ideal platform for inter-disciplinary education. It will provide an excellent educational opportunity for trainees desiring work at the interface of chemistry and biology.