Purchase of a phosphorimager for radioactive and fluorescence data analysis

1994年，我们使用CFI资助青年科学家的建立，为INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier研究人员从分子动力学购买了一个硅磷成像仪模型。然而，在广泛使用之后，该仪器最近积累了许多昂贵的光学和电子故障，设备专家最近根据其现状认为该仪器无法修复。该设备的使用对我们机构的许多实验室以及访问科学家的高质量数据的生成起了重要作用。几年来，它一直是可用于研究和培训年轻科学家的服务和基础设施的一部分。因此，目前，我们在校园里没有机会使用这样的仪器。在这个申请中，我们请求资金来重新建立这项重要的服务，为我们的研究人员和学生提供服务，并获得新一代的磷成像仪，它不仅可以通过磷光测量来分析放射性样品，还可以通过多参数荧光测量来分析非放射性样品。

In 1994, we have purchased, using a CFI grant for the establishment of young scientist, a phosphorimager Model Si from Molecular Dynamics for the INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier researchers. After extensive use, however, this instrument has recently accumulated a number of costly optical and electronic failures and the instrument was recently considered beyond repair based on its current condition by equipment specialists. The use of this equipment have been instrumental for the generation of high quality data from many laboratories from our institution as well from visiting scientists.  For several years, it has been part of the services and infrastructure that are available for the research and training of young scientists. Thus, at the present time, we do not have access to such an instrument on the campus.   In this application, we request funds to re-establish this important service to our community of researchers and students and acquire a new generation phosphorimager which not only provides analysis of radioactive samples by phosphorescence measurements but also allows analysis of non-radioactive samples by multiparametric fluorescence measurements.