The University of Colorado Boulder received a $738,752 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to purchase a high-performance Evident Scientific (Olympus) SPINSR super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope. This advanced microscope will replace the university's aging and obsolete technology, providing enhanced capabilities for live-cell and fixed-sample imaging, including faster frame rates, larger fields of view,...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of Iowa to acquire a 200 kV Glacios cryo-transmission electron microscope (cryo-TEM). The cryo-TEM will be housed in the university's Protein and Crystallography Facility to support biomedical research by providing high-resolution structural analysis capabilities. The instrument will enhance the university's workflow for cryo-EM sample...
This $656,315 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable Vanderbilt University to acquire a 120kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), the TALOS L120C, to support critical biomedical research. The TEM will be used for screening and optimizing specimen samples prior to analysis on the university's cryo-electron microscopy instrumentation, which is essential for determining high-resolution...
This $1,999,999 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will establish a Midwest Regional Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Facility at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). The award will fund the acquisition of a Glacios 200 kV Cryo-TEM equipped with a Falcon 4i detector and Selectris energy filter to provide high-resolution structural analysis capabilities for researchers...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $439,413 Project Grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The grant will fund the acquisition of a Hitachi HT7800 120 kV transmission electron microscope (TEM) to enhance multidisciplinary research and education at UTRGV. The new TEM will enable high-resolution imaging and analysis of biological, chemical, and physical samples, supporting...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant (CFDA 11.617 - Congressionally-Identified Projects) to the University of Rochester (UoR) to acquire a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The TEM will significantly enhance UoR's research capabilities and collaboration across scientific and engineering disciplines, including quantum information science, materials science, optics, photonics, and biomedical engineering. The TEM will enable...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $963,000 Congressionally-Identified Projects (CFDA 11.617) grant to San Diego State University (SDSU) to purchase a new transmission electron microscope (TEM) with cryogenic imaging capabilities. The new TEM will replace SDSU's obsolete equipment and significantly enhance the university's biological, chemical, and engineering research capabilities. The grant funding will cover the base instrument, while SDSU will leverage...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,000,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of Utah, in collaboration with Brigham Young University and Utah State University, to purchase a JEOL CRYO ARM 200 microscope with a direct electron Apollo detector. This cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) instrument will support the research activities of a large and well-funded community of structural biologists at...
This $1,089,778 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the University of Colorado Boulder to acquire a high-resolution, high-sensitivity liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system. The new instrument, consisting of a Waters Select Series Cyclic IMS QTOF mass spectrometer, ACQUITY PREMIER UPLC, and ACQUITY HDX Manager UPLC, will replace an aging 15-year-old system and support critical small molecule,...
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...