High Resolution Digital Camera for TEM.

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥大学医学院的电子显微镜共享设施成立于1966年，并在医学院、新墨西哥州和NIH/NCRR的设备、建设和翻新资金的支持下不断升级。2001年，一项SIG奖为购买一台配备100万像素数码相机的新型日立7500透射电子显微镜提供了急需的资金。我们寻求资金，通过购买一台680万像素的ATM XR-60C相机来大幅升级数字成像系统，以便在日立7500上实现高分辨率、高对比度的成像。这里描述的八个主要用户和四个次要用户来自五个不同的学术部门，参与三个不同的SOM研究项目，信号转导，粘附和运输，分子遗传学和神经科学。七名主要研究人员负责美国国立卫生研究院资助的实验室。这项申请的资金将允许获取出版所需的高质量数字图像，并将特别支持电子显微镜数据定量和统计分析的自动成像处理需求。新相机将确保美国国立卫生研究院资助的基于电子显微镜的新墨西哥大学细胞和分子生物学和神经科学研究项目的持续生产力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Electron Microscopy Shared Facility in the University of New Mexico School of Medicine was established in 1966 and has been continuously upgraded by equipment, construction and renovations funds from the School of Medicine, the State of New Mexico and NIH/NCRR. A SIG award in 2001 provided critically needed funds to purchase a new Hitachi 7500 transmission electron microscope equipped with a 1 megapixel digital camera. We seek funds to substantially upgrade the digital imaging system through the purchase of a 6.8 megapixel ATM XR-60C camera, for high resolution, high contrast imaging on the Hitachi 7500. The eight major and four minor users described here come from five different academic departments and participate in three different SOM research programs, Signal Transduction, Adhesion and Trafficking, Molecular Genetics, and Neurosciences. Seven of the major investigators direct NIH-funded laboratories. Funding for this application will permit acquisition of high quality digital images required for publication and will specifically support needs for automated imaging processing for quantitation and statistical analysis of electron microscopy data. The new camera will ensure the continued productivity of NIH-funded electron microscopy-based research programs in cellular and molecular biology and neurosciences at the University of New Mexico.