Advanced Bacterial Imaging Systems

细菌细胞是非常重要的，因为它们对环境的影响，作为致病因子和作为工业有机体。了解细菌细胞的详细功能是至关重要的，如果我们要控制它们，并操纵它们对我们有利。显微镜是我们用来研究细菌的实验工具的重要组成部分。由于细胞非常小，我们需要非常高的灵敏度和放大率才能分辨出它们结构的细节。这项建议的目的是为细菌细胞生物学中心提供先进的成像设备，该中心是研究细菌细胞基本原理的主要地点之一。新的仪器将使我们能够比以往任何时候都更深入地观察这些微小的细胞，并了解它们内部发生的机制。

Bacterial cells are immensely important because of their effects on the environment, as disease causing agents and as industrial organisms. An understanding of the detailed functioning of bacterial cells is critical if we are to control them and manipulate them to our advantage. Microscopes are a crucial component of the range of experimental tools that we used to study bacteria. Because the cells are extremely small we need exceptionally high sensitivity and magnification to be able to resolve details of their structure. The purpose of this proposal is to provide the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, which is one of the premier sites for research on the fundamentals of bacterial cells, with advanced imaging equipment. The new instruments will allow us to look more deeply than ever before into these tiny cells and understand the mechanisms that take place inside them.