This $573,147 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the acquisition of a Zeiss LSM 900 confocal microscope with Airyscan for Queens College of the City University of New York's Core Facility for Imaging, Cell, and Molecular Biology. The microscope will enhance multidisciplinary research and training at the minority-serving institution by enabling new microscopy courses and outreach activities promoting STEM access for...
This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an advanced integrated photonic sensor capable of high-resolution magnetic field gradient measurements. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Theoretical and experimental research on using frequency comb techniques for direct phase detection in sensing applications, including the study of "exceptional...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program awarded the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a $634,420 project grant to acquire an advanced confocal microscope system. This instrument will enable innovative and multidisciplinary research across a broad group of investigators from UAH and neighboring institutions, including two Historically Black Universities. The high-speed, high-resolution microscope will support research in areas such as neurodevelopment, biofilm...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a new optical microscopy technology called "Space-Time-Pulsed Engineered-Excitation for Diffraction-Free Imaging (SPEEDI)." The technology utilizes exotic space-time wave packets to enable high-resolution fluorescence imaging of deep brain tissue without the light scrambling issues of conventional microscopy. The research aims to advance imaging...
This $466,187 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the acquisition of a spinning-disk confocal microscope at the University of Portland (UP), a primarily undergraduate institution. The microscope will enable cell and molecular biology research and enhance undergraduate teaching and training at UP as well as at the collaborative partner institution, Lewis & Clark College. Key expected products and services...
This $551,957 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program provides funding to the University of Scranton to acquire an Olympus Fluoview FV4000 inverted confocal microscope system. The microscope will be used to enhance research and training capabilities across multiple biology disciplines, including cellular biology, microbiology, molecular biology, parasitology, and physiology. The award enables in-depth imaging of cells and...
This $199,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund Montana Technological University to acquire, maintain, and operate an Hitachi HT7800 electron microscope. The microscope will advance interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach in biology, chemistry, geochemistry, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and geology. It will strengthen PhD programs in materials...
This $499,944 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a new type of high-resolution and high-sensitivity magnetic field microscope. The grant supports the advancement of rare-earth-doped magnetic nanoparticles and the integration of dual-comb microscopy techniques to create a breakthrough technology for cellular-level studies of magnetic fields in biology and precise mapping of magnetic patterns in integrated circuits....
This $307,754 National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate project grant will fund the acquisition of a Nikon CSU-W1-SORA super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope for Boston University. The microscope will enable new spatially resolved transcriptomics and multi-scale connectomics research techniques to study gene expression within cells and neural connectivity in brain networks. As a shared resource housed in BU's Photonics Center, the microscope is expected to serve nine...
This $600,120 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program supports the development of a groundbreaking microfluidic-based instrument capable of measuring the mass of individual live cells with picogram-level accuracy and millisecond-scale temporal resolution. The innovative instrument uses small pipettes to gently capture cells and precisely detect mass changes, enabling continuous monitoring of crucial cellular processes...