High-resolution visual imaging for morphometric and histological analysis of squamate morphology

这份提案中要求的设备是为了支持我提交的NSERC发现拨款提案《鳞片的宏观进化：整合发育、生理和历史数据》。我正在开发一种形态成像设备，作为我作为密西索加多伦多大学生物系新任CTLA助理教授研究的一部分。该设备的核心组件是这里描述的显微镜系统。该系统包括一台奥林巴斯SZX 16立体显微镜，装有一台QIMAGE MicroPublisher 5.0 RTV彩色摄像机。该系统将用于生成用于现代和化石鳞片爬行动物骨学形态分析和组织学分析的数据将用于重建脊椎动物发育、生理和环境变化之间的历史关系的研究。我在密西索加的多伦多大学没有同等的资源。该系统将被安置在提供的研究空间中，并将成为学生培训的组成部分，特别是在解剖学、形态计量学、组织学和发育以及显微镜的实际应用、图像生成和处理、数据库建设和结果发布方面。

The equipment requested in this proposal is to support my submitted NSERC Discovery Grant proposal "Macroevolution of squamates: Integrating developmental, physiological, and historical data".  I am developing a morphological imaging facility as a component of my research as a new CTLA Assistant Professorship in the Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga.  The core component of this facility is the microscopy system described here.  The system consists of an Olympus SZX 16 stereomicroscope housing a Qimaging MicroPublisher 5.0 RTV CCD color camera.  The system will be used to generate data for morphometric analysis of recent and fossil squamate reptile osteology and for histological analysis of thin-sectioned bone, studies that will be used to reconstruct the historical relationship between development, physiology, and environmental change in vertebrates.  There are no equivalent resources available to me at the University of Toronto at Mississauga.  The system will be housed in a provided research space, and will be an integral part of student training, specifically in the topics of anatomy, morphometrics, histology, and development, as well as the practical applications of microscopy, image generation and processing, database construction, and publication of results.