AUTOMATED SAMPLE MOUNTING SYSTEM

这个子项目是利用资源的许多研究子项目之一。 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。对子项目的主要支持 子项目的首席调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括美国国立卫生研究院的其他来源。为子项目列出的总成本可能 表示该子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 不是由NCRR赠款提供给次级项目或次级项目工作人员的直接资金。 在本报告所述期间，机器人样品自动装载机的使用量有所增加，接近75%。开发了样品除霜和样品碱基快速解冻的新方法。快速解冻可防止在机器人上安装样品基座时，由于机器人安装的样品基座上存在少量水冰而导致样品对齐的扰动。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Use of the robotic sample automounters increased throughout this reporting period, approaching 75%. New methods for frost removal from samples and rapid sample base thawing were developed. Rapid base thawing prevents perturbation of sample alignment caused by small quantities of water ice present on robotically mounted sample bases at the time of their installation on the robot.