MRI: Acquisition of molecular and cellular imaging instrumentation.

来自主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的这一奖项将用于购买四种重要仪器，以支持哈弗福德学院（Haverford College）的新核心成像设施，哈弗福德学院是一所选择性的文科学院，拥有多元化的学生群体。 由这笔赠款资助的新仪器是透射电子显微镜，扫描电子显微镜，共聚焦显微镜和荧光激活细胞分选（FACS）系统。该设施将服务于生物系的研究和教育任务，也将是物理和化学系教师和学生的重要资源。这些仪器将显着提高教师的研究能力，大部分与外部资金，以支持他们的研究计划。 由于Haverford生物学系的重点是细胞和分子生物学，因此使用这些成像工具将有利于生物材料研究，纳米技术，发育生物学和胚胎发生，神经生物学，免疫学和干细胞生物学等领域的研究项目。 值得注意的是，教师经常在他们的研究合作，汇集技能和专业知识，以发展协同作用，推动科学在新的方向，并在学生的培训作为榜样。 学生沉浸在做科学的过程中，培养他们从跨学科的角度进行广泛思考的能力。 学生将使用这些工具为他们的课程工作和他们的高级论文项目，也将开发国家的最先进的技能，这将有助于在干（科学，技术，工程和数学）的职业道路。

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program will be used to purchase four significant instruments to support a new core imaging facility at Haverford College, a selective liberal arts college with a diverse student body. The new instruments funded by this grant are a transmission electron microscope, a scanning electron microscope, a confocal microscope, and a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) system. This facility will serve the research and educational missions of the Biology Department and will also be an important resource for faculty and students in the Physics and Chemistry Departments. These instruments will significantly enhance the research capabilities of the faculty, most with external funding to support their research programs. Since the focus of the Haverford Biology Department is in cell and molecular biology, access to these imaging tools will benefit research projects in areas such as biomaterials research, nanotechnology, developmental biology and embryogenesis, neurobiology, immunology, and stem cell biology. Notably, the faculty collaborate frequently in their research, bringing together skills and expertise to develop synergies that advance science in new directions and serving as role models in students' training. Students are immersed in the process of doing science, fostering their ability to think broadly and from interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will use these instruments for their course work and their senior thesis projects, and will also develop state-of-the-art skills that will be helpful in for a career path in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).