This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provided $740,044 to The Johns Hopkins University to acquire an Olympus FV4000 confocal microscope. This state-of-the-art microscope system addresses key limitations of traditional confocal microscopy, enabling advanced biomedical imaging capabilities such as improved multiplexing, higher spatial resolution, faster imaging speeds, and...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $749,854 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to Albany Medical College to acquire an Olympus FVMPE-RS multiphoton microscope for intravital microscopy research. This specialized microscope will enable NIH-supported investigators at Albany Medical College and other nearby research institutions to conduct detailed mechanistic studies using mouse models of disease, covering a range of research areas including...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $590,000 to the University of Miami to acquire a Leica Stellaris 5 upright confocal microscope. The new microscope will replace an obsolete, end-of-life confocal system and continue to provide high-resolution intravital imaging capabilities to support the NIH-funded research of 9 major user groups across 5 departments at the university. The advanced Stellaris...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $1,769,674 to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to purchase a Leica Stellaris 8 (LS8) confocal microscope. The LS8 will replace UCSC's aging 16-year-old confocal microscope and enhance the imaging capabilities of its Life Sciences Microscopy Center core facility. The new microscope will support NIH-funded...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $942,983 to acquire a Bruker Luxendo TruLive3D light-sheet microscope system. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will enable rapid 3D volumetric imaging of live specimens such as mouse, fly, and zebrafish embryos with high resolution and minimal phototoxicity. This advanced microscope system will benefit a user group of...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $738,752 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to acquire a high-performance super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope. This specialized microscope system will replace the university's outdated microscopy capabilities and enable advanced imaging techniques to support diverse biomedical research...
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 federal Project Grant award of $551,957 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to the University of Scranton to acquire an Olympus Fluoview FV4000 inverted confocal microscope system. This microscope will be integrated into the university's upper-level biology courses and made accessible to faculty at other local universities to enhance research and training capabilities in multiple biological fields, including cellular...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $749,362.00 to the University of South Carolina to acquire a ZEISS LSM 980 with Airyscan2 confocal microscope system. This new high-end imaging system will replace the aging LSM 700 microscope that has become less functional over time, and is essential for supporting active NIH-funded research projects as well as new grant proposals across the university's...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $238,244 to Portland State University (PSU) to purchase a benchtop confocal microscope for biological research. The microscope will enable imaging of cellular and subcellular structures and processes, supporting multiple funded research projects at PSU as well as educational use across biology and physics courses. As the first confocal microscope on PSU's...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $749,993 to the University of Pennsylvania to procure an Olympus FV4000-MPE multiphoton laser scanning microscope. This advanced imaging system will establish the first multiphoton intravital microscopy (MP-IVM) facility at the university, enabling high-resolution, real-time visualization of biological processes in living tissues. The new MP-IVM facility will be accessible to investigators across the University of Pennsylvania and the greater Philadelphia area, supporting research in areas such as skin biology, immunology, vascular biology, and stem cell biology. The award will fund this critical research infrastructure enhancement over a one-year period from July 2025 to July 2026.