X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy (XFM) in Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为将于2013年8月9日至10日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥西北大学医学院（市中心校区）举行的题为“生物学中的x射线荧光显微镜（XFM）”的会议申请一级和二级资金支持。会议的任务是允许XFM和类似显微镜技术的当前用户交换数据和想法，同时推广XFM在生物学和医学中的使用，并培养使用XFM技术的研究人员；我们预计这将增加金属纳米材料、金属显像剂、金属组学以及包括放射性核素、重金属和纳米材料在内的环境污染物影响研究的前沿研究成果。NIBIB申请的大部分资金用于资助学生/博士后旅行和海报奖。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a request for primary and secondary funding support for a conference entitled "X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy (XFM) in Biology" to be held at Northwestern University Medical School (downtown campus), Chicago, IL on August 9 and 10th 2013. The mission of the conference is to allow current users of XFM and similar microscopy techniques to exchange data and ideas and at the same time to popularize the use of XFM in biology and medicine and grow a pool of investigators using XFM technique; we expect this will increase the yield of cutting edge research on metallic nanomaterals, metallic imaging agents, metalomics, and studies of effects of environmental pollutants including radionuclides, heavy metals, and nanomaterials. The majority of NIBIB funds requested are for sponsoring student/post-doc travel and poster awards.