This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $418,835 to the University of Iowa to purchase a VevoF2 high-resolution research ultrasound imaging system for the university's Cardiovascular Phenotype Core. This specialized equipment will support over 15 NIH-funded research projects across multiple departments at the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado-Boulder. The award, with a performance period...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $392,500 to Mainehealth, a non-profit healthcare system in Portland, Maine, to purchase a state-of-the-art Bruker SkyScan1276 CMOS micro-computed tomography (microCT) system. The new microCT system will replace Mainehealth's aging imaging equipment and enable the organization's Small Animal Imaging Facility to continue providing high-resolution imaging...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $576,756 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to purchase a state-of-the-art small animal PET/CT imaging scanner. This new instrument will serve as a shared resource to support NIH-funded cancer research projects at the university, improving the productivity and scientific quality of studies that seek to better understand cancer biology, radiation therapy effects, and the...
This $1,391,522 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Super Argus PET/CT 6R small-animal imaging system for the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York. The new scanner will replace the institute's aging Inveon PET/CT system, which is approaching end-of-life support from the manufacturer. The Super Argus PET/CT 6R will provide superior spatial resolution,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $1,899,234 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to replace their aging MRI and PET scanners with a new integrated MRI-PET system. The award will fund the acquisition of a state-of-the-art 7T MRI scanner and a PET insert with an 80mm axial field of view, enabling simultaneous PET and MRI imaging. This updated scanner system will support over...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $412,365.00 to Nova Southeastern University (NSU) to replace an aging micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) instrument. The new micro-CT system will facilitate advanced 3D imaging and analysis of mineralized tissues, bones, teeth, and vascular structures for research projects across multiple disciplines at NSU and collaborating institutions. The award...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $512,787 to George Mason University to acquire a high-resolution micro-computed tomography scanner. This state-of-the-art 3D X-ray imaging instrument will enable advanced interdisciplinary research and education across multiple fields, including materials science, biomedical engineering, and paleontology. The scanner will allow researchers to visualize the internal...
This $827,060 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will support the acquisition of a new Mediso NanoScan preclinical SPECT-CT scanner at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). The new scanner will restore SPECT-CT imaging capabilities for the Cleveland region and enable a broad range of preclinical research programs at CWRU and its partner institutions, including the development of novel theranostic agents, animal...
This Project Grant award of $538,834 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of Iowa Flow Cytometry Facility to acquire a Cytek Amnis ImageStreamX MKII Imaging Cytometer. This specialized instrument will provide NIH-funded investigators and other researchers at the University of Iowa with access to advanced imaging and quantitative capabilities that are currently inaccessible, as the nearest public imaging cytometer...
This $341,830 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to Occidental College to acquire a Rigaku CT Lab HX130 microCT scanner. The microCT scanner will support a wide range of biological research and enable non-destructive sampling for Occidental College's natural history collections, which collectively house over one million specimens. Faculty and students will use the instrument across applications...