Project Grant S10GM154282
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $582,025 awarded September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund the acquisition of a laser-scanning confocal microscope for research and training at California State University, Chico. The confocal microscope will enhance undergraduate and graduate education in multiple life sciences disciplines such as cellular science, microbiology, genetics, and developmental biology by enabling in-depth...
- The University of California, Santa Cruz was awarded a $1,769,674 Project Grant on May 15, 2025 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to purchase a Leica Stellaris 8 confocal microscope. This new microscope will replace an aging 16-year-old confocal microscope and will be used by a group of 13 NIH-funded investigators across 4 departments and 2 divisions at UCSC. The new microscope will provide enhanced imaging capabilities, including...
- This federal Project Grant award of $551,957 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to the University of Scranton to acquire an Olympus Fluoview FV4000 inverted confocal microscope system. This microscope will be integrated into the university's upper-level biology courses and made accessible to faculty at other local universities to enhance research and training capabilities in multiple biological fields, including cellular...
- 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 Project Grant award of $750,000.00 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Leica Stellaris 8 DIVE multiphoton microscope system for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine Microscopy Core. The new microscope will replace UCSD's previous inoperable multiphoton system, providing critical research infrastructure to support a diverse set of NIH-funded investigators across the...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $590,000.00, was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to the University of Miami to acquire a new Leica Stellaris 5 upright confocal microscope. The purpose of this award is to replace an obsolete, end-of-life confocal microscope dedicated for live animal imaging at the University of Miami. The new Leica Stellaris 5 system will enable...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $466,187 to the University of Portland (UP) to acquire a spinning-disk confocal microscope. The microscope will enable enhanced cell and molecular biology research and undergraduate teaching and training at UP and Lewis & Clark College. The award supports research programs investigating biological mechanisms such as developmental asymmetry, cardiac development, and the...
- This $635,689 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a ZEISS LSM 980 confocal microscope with Airyscan 2 technology for the Optical Imaging Core Facility (OIF) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). The new confocal microscope will replace obsolete equipment and provide critical advanced imaging capabilities to support over 80 NIH-funded...
- This Project Grant award of $727,297 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), will enable Colorado State University (CSU) to acquire a new 3i Marianas super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope. This cutting-edge imaging system will enhance CSU's research capabilities across a broad range of biological models, including yeast, mammalian cell culture, organoids, tissue slices, and model...
- The University of Michigan was awarded a $1.8 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs federal grant program to purchase a Leica SP8 confocal microscope. The microscope will support over 30 investigators at the University engaged in diabetes, vision, and retinal research by replacing two aging microscopes in the university's shared imaging facility. The new microscope will provide high-speed resonant scanning...
CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - MALDONADO, MARICELA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE ACQUISITION OF AN ECHO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE WILL PROVIDE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ACQUIRING HIGH RESOLUTION THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE IMAGES FOR BIOLOGICAL/BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS WITHIN CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH. ALTHOUGH CONVENTIONAL WIDEFIELD MICROSCOPES ENABLE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING OF THIN SAMPLES, THE PROPER 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF THICKER SAMPLES, SUCH AS CELL- EMBEDDED HYDROGELS OR TISSUES, CAN ONLY BE COMPLETED BY BLOCKING OUT-OF-FOCUS LIGHT WITH A CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE. WITH AN INCREASING DEMAND IN IMAGING OF 3D STRUCTURES, CELLS, AND TISSUES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH APPLICATIONS, AN INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF CREATING OPTICAL SECTIONS FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL. FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAVE PROJECTS INVOLVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3D BIOMATERIALS, MICROFLUIDICS, AND PANCREAS TISSUE/ORGANOID DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD ALL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM A CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF 3D STRUCTURES. IN ADDITION, THE ECHO CONFOCAL IS EQUIPPED WITH LIVE IMAGING CAPABILITIES AND REDUCES PHOTOBLEACHING BY UTILIZING SPINNING DISK TECHNOLOGY MAKING DATA ACQUISITION FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO PLACE THE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE IN A SHARED RESOURCE CORE MICROSCOPY/IMAGING FACILITY WHERE FACULTY AND STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR SAMPLES TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY 2D AND 3D IMAGES. SUPPORT OF THIS CORE FACILITY WILL ENABLE/AUGMENT CROSS-DISCIPLINE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITHIN CSULB. THE USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE OF THE ECHO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE WILL ALSO ACCELERATE THE NUMBER OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS THAT CAN BE TRAINED FOR THEIR RESEARCH AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, BY HOUSING THE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE ADJACENT TO A CLASSROOM SPACE THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR COURSE LABORATORIES AND FURTHER PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HANDS-ON-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $224.4k | 6/26/24 |