Microinjection System to Address Key Cell Biology Principals

该设备对于温莎大学至少两名NSERC资助的研究人员的研究方向以及与当地初创公司建立工业合作关系至关重要。这些小组的主要研究重点是了解整个生命过程中细胞生物学的特定方面，以及这如何有助于生物体发育。这些研究项目中的每一个都非常依赖于“模型系统”的产生来研究特定基因在体内的工作方式。所要求的技术目前在温莎大学缺乏，这对这些研究项目开展工作的效率产生了重大影响。所要求的基础设施将使这些小组能够可视化细胞和发育生物学的功能方面，这在该领域目前是不可能的。这一建议无疑将提高他们收集的数据的质量，并大大提高他们开展工作的速度。

This equipment is crucial for the research direction of at least two NSERC funded researchers at the University of Windsor as well as securing an industrial partnership with a local start-up company. The primary research focus of these groups is to understand specific aspects of cell biology throughout life, and how this contributes to organism development. Each of these research programs rely very heavily on the production of 'model systems' to study how specific genes work in the body. The technology requested is currently lacking at the University of Windsor and this has had significant impact on the efficiency by which these research programs can carry out their work. The requested infrastructure will allow these groups to visualize functional aspects of cell and developmental biology that is currently not possible in this area. This proposal will undoubtedly improve the quality of the data they are collecting as well as to dramatically increase the rate at which they are able to conduct their work.