The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $587,425 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop the first dual-modality super-resolution microscopy system, termed Dual-Modality Localized Plasmonic Structured Illumination Microscopy (DM-LPSIM). This new imaging technology will enable simultaneous high-speed super-resolution fluorescence and label-free scattering imaging at the 50-nanometer scale. The DM-LPSIM system...
This $942,983 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Bruker Luxendo TruLive3D light-sheet microscope system at the University of California, Berkeley. The TruLive3D imager is optimized for fast 3D volumetric imaging of live, delicate specimens like mouse, fly, and zebrafish embryos, enabling high-throughput, time-lapse experiments with minimal phototoxicity. This advanced microscope system...
This federal Project Grant award, issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), provides $749,996 to The Johns Hopkins University to acquire a Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon laser scanning confocal microscope. This instrument will be used to support live cell imaging experiments with biological agents requiring Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) containment, enabling research on human pathogens such as influenza A virus, Cryptococcus neoformans, and...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $635,689 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to purchase a ZEISS LSM 980 Confocal Microscope with Airyscan 2. This advanced microscope will replace aging and inadequate confocal microscopes currently used by over 80 NIH-funded investigators at UTHSCSA's Optical Imaging Core Facility, which supports more than $60 million in annual...
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...
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...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $872,734 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will enable the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon confocal microscope for the Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This advanced imaging system will replace an aging microscope and provide cutting-edge capabilities for high-resolution, multiplexed fluorescence imaging to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA Program 93.859 - Biomedical Research and Research Training provides $374,399 over 5 years to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to develop innovative two-photon microscopy systems with scattering correction capabilities for deep tissue imaging. The key objectives of this research are to: 1) enable high-speed scattering correction to image...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), provides $180,430 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to acquire a ZetaView X30 Quatt Multi-Fluorescence Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer. This specialized scientific instrument will enable advanced characterization of extracellular vesicles and other bio-nanoparticles, supporting a range of biomedical research efforts at UCSD and nearby...
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) received a $903,860 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a LUMICKS C-TRAP instrument. The C-TRAP provides integrated optical tweezers, scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy, and microfluidics capabilities to enable high-resolution single molecule force, position, and fluorescence studies. This state-of-the-art instrument will significantly enhance the...