Electron Microscope for New Fitzsimons Facility

描述（由申请人提供）：具有数字成像能力的现代电子显微镜是生物学和医学研究的重要工具。电子显微镜的16个主要用户请求资金以替换现有的研究用透射电子显微镜，该显微镜于1986年购买了NCRR， SIG.要求的仪器是FEI TECNAI G2 12 BioTwin/CCD相机版本。FEI TECNAI之所以被选中，是因为它是新一代显微镜，具有全计算机控制和先进的用户界面。这是一个理想的，通用的，多用户传输的EM。我们的大学正在建设一个新的校园，菲茨西蒙斯校园。基础科学研究中心将于2004年年初竣工。Fitzsimons校区的EM设施正在一号研究中心的地下室建造，该设施将容纳TECNAI和现代EM核心所需的辅助设备。目前的电子邮件将保留在目前的校园，供教师使用，他们将留在这里直到2010年左右。共享设施的设施主任、经理、组织和监督委员会已经成立并运作良好。设施主管和经理都有非常好的组织能力和令人印象深刻的EM技术综合专业知识。这16个主要用户将对其NIH资助的研究进行研究，该仪器的可用性将增强其NIH资助的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A modern electron microscope with digital imaging capabilities is an essential research tool for biology and medicine. Sixteen major users of electron microscopy request funds to replace an existing research transmission electron microscope, purchased in 1986 with an NCRR, SIG. The instrumentation requested is an FEI TECNAI G2 12 BioTwin/CCD Camera Version. The FEI TECNAI was selected because it is a new generation microscope with full computer control and advanced user interfaces. It is an ideal, general purpose, multiuser transmission EM. Our University is in the midst of building a new campus, The Fitzsimons Campus. Basic sciences will move into Research Complex I, construction will be complete, early in 2004. An EM facility for the Fitzsimons campus is being built in the basement of Research Complex I, which will house the TECNAI and ancillary equipment needed for a modem EM core. The current EM will be retained on the present campus for use by the faculty who will remain until approximately 2010. The facility director, manager, organization and oversight committee of the shared facility are already established and working well. The facility director and the manager both have exceedingly good organizational skills and an impressive combined expertise in EM techniques. The sixteen major users will pursue questions integral to their NIH funded research and the availability of this instrumentation will enhance their NIH funded research.