MRI: Acquisition of a fluorescence microscope for manipulating and imaging live cells

科罗拉多斯普林斯的科罗拉多大学获得了一个奖项，以获得一个用于操纵和成像活细胞的荧光显微镜。先进的显微镜将位于一个开放的核心设施，并将支持在大学的研究活动的长期增长。新的显微镜将作为基础研究的平台，用于新的创新，并作为来自多个部门和多个学科的研究人员的研究项目的重要工具。显微镜系统的收购将大大支持相关教师的研究计划，并将通过课程和研究加强许多本科生和研究生在最先进技术方面的实践培训。该奖项旨在加强各级跨学科研究和教育，特别是在诸如（a）研究用于超分辨率结构化照明显微术的替代方法，（B）利用新开发的基因组编辑技术和单分子RNA-FISH方法研究果蝇物种形成的遗传基础，（c）研究免疫系统中新发现的细胞间通讯机制，（d）开发用于活细胞成像的新型单壁碳纳米管探针，以及（e）研究纳米材料的细胞毒性。

An award is made to the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs to acquire a fluorescence microscope for manipulating and imaging live cells. The advanced microscope will be located in an open-access core facility and will support the long-term growth of research activities at the university. The new microscope will serve as a platform for basic research, for new innovations, and as a vital tool for research projects coming from investigators in multiple departments and across several disciplines. Acquisition of the microscope system will significantly support the research programs of the faculty members involved, and will enhance the hands-on training of many undergraduate and graduate students in state of the art technology through coursework and research.The award is aimed at enhancing interdisciplinary research and education at all levels, especially in areas such as (a) investigations of alternative approaches for super-resolution structured illumination microscopy, (b) using newly-developed genome editing technology and single molecule RNA-FISH methods to study the genetic basis of speciation in Drosophila, (c) studies of newly discovered cell-cell communication mechanisms in the immune system, (d) development of novel single-wall carbon nanotube probes for imaging live cells, and (e) studies of nanomaterial cytotoxicity.