MRI: Acquisition of a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting System to Expand Synergistic Research and Educational Opportunities

迈阿密大学因获得荧光激活细胞分选(FACS)系统而获奖。FACS系统将扩大俄亥俄州西南部的协同研究和教育机会。这一工具将加强迈阿密大学在各级教育和社会经济地位方面对本科生教育和社区推广的重大承诺。新的本科生实验练习将结合使用新的FACS系统的实际细胞分选经验。迈阿密大学还将使用FACS系统来丰富现有的几个社区外联计划，包括旨在激励当地小学生进入STEM领域的TalaWanda科学周，以及辛辛那提博物馆中心STEM女孩日活动计划，该计划服务于俄亥俄州辛辛那提周围八个县地区的8-14岁女孩。FACS系统将创建一个中心，与俄亥俄州的BioOhio组织合作，从农业和工业中招募合作伙伴，该组织为俄亥俄州的生物技术公司提供服务。迈阿密大学的赫夫纳自然历史博物馆还将创建一个由学生策划的互动展览，介绍细胞分选的原理，以及细胞分选技术如何促进多学科的科学研究。FACS系统将支持从组织、器官到生态社区的广泛正在进行的跨学科研究。由迈阿密大学FACS系统支持的再生研究包括在视网膜、骨骼、脂肪组织和肝脏设计的生物工程项目。FACS系统还将加强迈阿密大学目前研究炎症、损伤后神经元存活、线粒体代谢和男性生殖生理学的研究项目。此外，FACS系统将开辟新的调查途径，支持迈阿密大学目前的生态工作，研究藻类和非生物胁迫、微生物新陈代谢和气候变化对湖泊生态系统中自养/异养生物相互作用的影响。除了为当前的研究提供必要的工具外，FACS系统还将促进新的合作和研究领域的发展，以支持俄亥俄州西南部地区的经济、智力和教育发展。

An award is made to Miami University for the acquisition of a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) system. The FACS system will expand synergistic research and educational opportunities in southwest Ohio. This instrument will enhance Miami University's substantial commitment to undergraduate education and community outreach at all levels of education and socioeconomic status. New undergraduate laboratory exercises will incorporate the use of hands-on cell sorting experiences using the new FACS system. Miami University will also use the FACS system to enrich several existing community outreach programs including Talawanda Science Week, designed to inspire local elementary school students to enter STEM fields, and the Cincinnati Museum Center STEM Girls Day Out program serving 8-14 year old girls from the eight county area surrounding Cincinnati, Ohio tri-state region. The FACS system will create a centerpiece to solicit partners from agriculture and industry in collaboration with the BioOhio organization that serves the needs of biotechnology-driven companies in Ohio. Miami University's Hefner Museum of Natural History will also create an interactive, student-curated exhibit to introduce the principles of cell sorting, and how cell sorting technology can advance multidisciplinary scientific inquiry.The FACS system will support a broad range of ongoing, interdisciplinary research that ranges from tissues, to organs, to ecological communities. Regeneration research supported by the FACS system, at Miami University, include programs designed at bioengineering retina, bone, adipose tissue and liver. The FACS system will also enhance current Miami University research programs investigating inflammation, neuronal survival following injury, mitochondrial metabolism and male reproductive physiology. Furthermore, the FACS system will open up new avenues of investigation supporting current ecological work at Miami University studying algae and abiotic stress, microbial metabolism, and climate change impacts on autotroph/heterotroph interactions in lake ecosystems. In addition to providing an essential tool for current research, the FACS system will also foster the development of new collaborations and research areas to support economic, intellectual, and educational development in the southwest Ohio region.