Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A developing area of focus for Wake Forest University is the investigation of cellular and molecular aspects of microbial organisms. Novel research goals being pursued by these study teams will uncover detailed biochemical mechanisms within microbes that have direct relevance to human health and disease states. Microscopy represents a critical tool for all the studies outlined here with investigators collectively proposing emphasis on morphologic data measures that require acquisition of exceptional quality fluorescent and brightfield images. While the Wake Forest Microscopic Imaging Core Facility has been an historic area of strength for the Department of Biology, current needs are exceeding the available equipment capabilities in terms of both specific functionality and available imaging time. The Leica Thunder Live Cell Imager system requested here represents an ideal platform for meeting the directed research goals and plans outlined in this proposal. It will expand our existing capabilities by providing a high-speed fluorescence acquisition system with optimized living tissue imaging conditions, and will provide a new approach for automated large sample territory visualization and detailed image acquisition. In addition to providing equipment that will be crucial to carry out the directed activities outlined here, this system will serve as a key addition to broaden our extant technical framework that stimulates and supports microscopic investigations of biology and human health in our region.
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