This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $678,407 to the University of Colorado-Denver to purchase a Hitachi 7800 120 kV Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) for the Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. The new TEM will replace the current 20-year-old model that is frequently out of service. The Hitachi 7800 TEM has improved contrast optics, a robust hardware design,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $2,000,000 to The University of Iowa for the acquisition of a 200 kV Glacios cryo-transmission electron microscope (cryo-TEM). The instrument will be housed in the university's Protein and Crystallography Facility to support high-resolution structural studies across a diverse range of NIH-funded biomedical research projects, including studies on ion channels, signal...
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 Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) awarded a $139,393 Project Grant (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) to Vanderbilt University to acquire a Leica Artos 3D ultramicrotome for the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR). This high-end scientific instrument will enable automated serial sectioning of cells and tissues for advanced array tomography and serial tomography transmission electron microscopy applications. The...
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...
This $609,250 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the purchase of a new automated multi-run carbon-11 radiosynthesis system for the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science's Radiochemistry Core Facility. This upgraded production system will substantially increase the facility's capacity to manufacture carbon-11 radiotracers, such as [11C]PIB, which are extensively utilized in pre-clinical and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded Brandeis University a 3-year, $1,767,282 Project Grant to acquire a Thermo-Fisher Tundra cryo-electron microscope. This advanced microscope will enable visualization and analysis of complex biological structures at the macromolecular level, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across fields from materials science to cell biology. The microscope will be available to researchers at Brandeis and in the local region,...
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 $1,899,234 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) supports the replacement of outdated PET and MRI scanners for small animal imaging at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). The grant will fund the purchase of a new, integrated 7T MRI-PET scanner to replace VUMC's aging 4.7T MRI and Siemens Inveon PET/CT systems. The upgraded scanner will provide improved image quality, higher signal-to-noise ratio,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $249,747 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to acquire a Zeiss LSM 900 fluorescence confocal microscope. The new microscope system will support the research efforts of multiple NIH-funded investigators at VCU, enabling advanced 3D imaging of cell cultures and tissue samples. The award will address the increasing demand for high-speed, high-resolution...
This $656,315 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a modern 120kV transmission electron microscope (TEM), the TALOS L120C, at Vanderbilt University. The new TEM will enable high-resolution structural studies of biological complexes to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying health and disease, supporting NIH-funded research across various disciplines including DNA replication, membrane trafficking, and neuronal signaling. The TALOS L120C will replace two older TEM models no longer supported, providing additional cryogenic imaging capabilities to complement Vanderbilt's existing cryo-electron microscopy resources. This new TEM will be housed in the university's cryo-EM core facility and utilized by researchers from multiple schools and colleges, enhancing Vanderbilt's research infrastructure and capabilities to advance biomedical discoveries and improve human health.