MRI-R2: Acquisition Of A Shared Electron Microscope For The Institute Of Neurobiology

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。主要研究仪器--恢复和再投资(MRI-R2)计划提供的资金用于支持波多黎各大学医学院校区(UPR-MSC)购买新的透射电子显微镜(TEM)，以取代已有30年历史的透射电子显微镜(TEM)。瞬变显微镜将安装在神经生物学研究所。该研究所是一个跨学科、跨部门的研究机构，致力于从整个动物行为到分子生物学的所有组织级别的神经系统结构和功能的研究。由于作为一种共享资源进行管理，新的信息技术研究所大大加强了研究所、普遍定期审议其他校区和波多黎各其他大学的研究人员的研究工作。这些受益于电子显微镜的项目涉及了解神经系统连接的基本机制的广泛目标，重点是发育过程中、受伤后和对环境做出反应时的变化。TEMs的获得也对研究生和医学生、本科生和理科教师的培养产生了积极的影响。基础和高级电子显微镜课程丰富了研究生课程，增加了岛上合格用户的数量。社区外展工作，包括为高中教师举办的电子显微镜讲习班，以及高中生团体参观新设施，也扩大了仪器对科学教育的影响。遵循普遍定期审议作为科学家教育和培训主要贡献者的传统，共享电子显微镜有助于培训未来神经科学领域的学术领袖。新的跨文化传播技术支持的研究结果将通过学生和教职员工在地区和国家会议上的陈述以及通过在同行评议的期刊上发表来传播。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds from the Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2) program were provided to support the acquisition of a new transmission electron microscope (TEM) to replace a 30 year old TEM at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). The TEM will be installed at the Institute of Neurobiology. The Institute is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental research facility devoted to the study of the structure and function of the nervous system at all levels of organization from whole animal behavior to molecular biology. Because it is managed as a shared resource, the new TEM significantly enhances the research efforts of investigators at the Institute, at other campuses of the UPR, and at other universities in Puerto Rico. The projects benefitting from the TEM address the broad objectives of understanding basic mechanisms of connectivity of the nervous system, focusing on changes during development, after injury, and in response to the environment. The acquisition of the TEM also positively impacts training of graduates and medical students, undergraduates and science teachers. Courses in basic and advanced electron microscopy enrich graduate programs and increase the number of qualified users on the island. Community outreach efforts, which include workshops in electron microscopy for high school teachers and visits to the new facility by groups of high school students, also broaden the impact of the instrumentation upon science education. Following in the tradition of the UPR as a major contributor to the education and training of scientists, the shared electron microscope is instrumental in the training of future academic leaders in the field of Neuroscience. Results from the studies enabled by the new TEM will be disseminated by student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings, and through publication in peer-reviewed journals.