Purchase of an imaging multi-mode reader for animal bioscience research

BioTek生产的Cytation 5 Imaging Multi-Mode Reader（C5-IMMR）是一种最先进的荧光/发光酶标仪，结合了多种成像功能，可在生物测定期间对细胞或组织进行实时生理测量，同时进行形态学成像。C5-IMMR是一个经济实惠、用户友好的平台，具有多模式功能，这使其成为推进动物生物科学系（ABS）应用和基础动物研究以及学生培训的有吸引力的工具。ABS研究得到了各个农业部门的财政支持，通常通过省和联邦政府计划获得资金。ABS教师正在迅速发展，以适应我们非常成功的本科动物生物学和创新的研究生课程中的学生培训。 我们的毕业生是在高需求，以填补加拿大农业食品和动物保健行业的空缺;事实上，根据由安大略农业学院进行的一项调查有在大型（安大略）农业食品行业HQP短缺。由于我们正处于研究生培训的增长阶段，并且我们正在从大学获得额外的津贴资金用于新的教师，ABS非常需要新的基础设施。购买C5-IMMR，其高度通用的能力，将确保在发现和创新研究以及HQP培训方面的持续进步，我们的三个组织主题是可持续和道德的动物生产，高品质和增值的动物产品的生产，以及使用动物模型进行人体代谢，营养和健康。 我们在这些主题中的每一个研究都直接促进了加拿大大型农业食品行业的发展。除了推进Karrow博士、Squires博士、Bédecarrats博士、Cant博士和Li博士在ABS内的基础和应用研究项目外，该设备还将支持广泛的合作和创新动物生物科学研究，这些研究通常涉及细胞和组织生物学。

The Cytation 5 Imaging Multi-Mode Reader (C5-IMMR), produced by BioTek, is a state-of-the art fluorescent/luminescent plate reader combined with diverse imaging capabilities that allows for real-time physiological measurements of cells or tissues with simultaneous morphological imaging during biological assays. The C5-IMMR is an affordable and user-friendly platform with multi-mode capabilities, which makes it an attractive instrument for advancing applied and basic animal research and student training in the Department of Animal Bioscience (ABS). ABS research is financially supported by various agriculture sectors and is typically matched by funding through provincial and federal government programs. The ABS faculty is rapidly growing to accommodate student training within our highly successful undergraduate Animal Biology and innovative graduate studies programs. Our graduates are in high demand to fill vacancies in the Canadian Agri-Food and animal health industries; in fact according to a survey conducted by the Ontario Agricultural College there is a shortage of HQP in the large (Ontario) Agri-Food industry. Since we are in the growth phase of graduate training and we are receiving additional stipend funding from the university for new faculty, ABS greatly needs new infrastructure. The purchase of the C5-IMMR, with its highly versatile capabilities, will ensure continued advancements in discovery and innovative research and the training of HQP within our three organizational themes of sustainable and ethical animal production, the production of high quality and value-added animal products, and use of animal models for human metabolism, nutrition and health. Our research within each of these themes contributes directly the growth of the large Canadian Agr-Food industry. In addition to advancing the basic and applied research programs of Drs. Karrow, Squires, Bédécarrats, Cant and Li within ABS, this equipment will also support a wide range of collaborative and innovative animal bioscience research that commonly involves cell and tissue biology.