Award Abstract #0618719
Acquisition of a Confocal Microscope

NSF Org:	DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
Initial Amendment Date:	July 26, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	July 26, 2006
Award Number:	0618719
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Robyn E. Hannigan DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	October 1, 2006
Expires:	September 30, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$403759
Investigator(s):	Stacia Sower sasower@cisunix.unh.edu (Principal Investigator) Jeffrey Simpson (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of New Hampshire Service Bldg., Room 111 Durham, NH 03824 603/862-1234
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	BIOT, 9184, 9150
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

A grant has been awarded to the University of New Hampshire under the direction of Dr. Stacia A. Sower to acquire a confocal microscope for research and teaching. Nine major users will take advantage of the capability of the microscope to use fluorescence in studies of cellular processes and structure in plants, animal vision, neuron structure, brain hormones, and in symbiosis of microbes and their animal hosts. The microscope will enhance the ability of the researchers to localize structures and processes of interest through the use of fluorescent labeling methods. Undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students will use the new instrument in their research, and the microscope will be used in laboratory sections of molecular biology and biochemistry courses.

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