This $872,734 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to purchase a Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon confocal microscope for the Imaging Platform of the Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID).
This state-of-the-art microscope will replace an aging confocal microscope and provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities to support a wide range of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $729,878 to Drexel University to purchase a Leica Stellaris 5 confocal microscope for their Imaging Core Facility within the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. This state-of-the-art microscope will significantly enhance the capacity and capabilities of the department's NIH-funded research programs, which span areas such as development, addiction,...
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus received a $1,374,492 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351). The award will fund the acquisition of a new Zeiss LSM980 confocal/2-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) microscope system to replace an aging microscope system. This advanced imaging system will support a wide range of NIH-funded biomedical research projects across...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), is funding the acquisition of a ZEISS LSM 980 Confocal Microscope with Airyscan 2 technology. The $635,689 award, spanning September 2024 to August 2025, will support the Optical Imaging Core Facility (OIF) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). This new microscope will...
This $646,615 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) will fund the acquisition of a ZEISS Light Sheet 7 microscope for the Micron (Microscopy Resources on the North Quad) core at Harvard Medical School. This advanced light sheet microscope will enable researchers to conduct high-speed, high-efficiency, and low-phototoxicity volumetric imaging of live and optically...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore was awarded a $1,799,728.98 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director to purchase a state-of-the-art light sheet fluorescence microscope. The microscope will be situated in the university's established Confocal Core Facility, which will oversee use, training, and service of the instrument for nine NIH-funded research teams. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy is well-suited for...
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...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,553 Project Grant to Grinnell College under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a laser scanning confocal microscope. The microscope will support research and teaching activities in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, and physics at Grinnell College from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the microscope will be used to study synaptic plasticity, detect microtubule formation below the diffraction limit of...
This Project Grant award of $551,957 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Scranton. The purpose of the award is to acquire an Olympus Fluoview FV4000 inverted confocal microscope system to enhance teaching and research capabilities across multiple biological science disciplines at the university.
The microscope system will be integrated into upper-level biology courses to provide enhanced research...