Acquisition of a High Resolution Scanning Electron Micro-   scope
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Support is requested to purchase a new, high resolution scanning                electron microscope (SEM) for the Biological EM Facility (BEMF),                a core facility which provides state-of-the art electron                        microscopical instrumentation for all biological researchers at                 the University of Hawaii.  The BEMF currently operates a ten-                   year-old Cambridge S150 SEM, the sole SEM dedicated to biological               research in the State of Hawaii, which has limited resolution (7                nm) and increasingly expensive maintenance costs.  The Cambridge                S150 will be replaced with the Hitachi S-8000 field emission                    electron microscope, an instrument with high resolution (2 nm at                accelerating voltages of 25kV), ease of operation and low                       maintenance costs.  The broad operating capabilities of this                    instrument and the large specimens that can be accommodated are                 needed to support the wide range of biological studies undertaken               at the University.  The high resolution capability is required                  for studies of intracellular organization at the medial range                   between that obtainable by regular scanning electron microscopy                 and the high magnification obtainable by freeze-etching and                     transmission electron microscopes.  Examples of projects                        benefitting from the advanced capabilities of this mew SEM will                 be the study of membrane dynamics and intracellular organization                in the endosome-phagosome-lysosome system of Paramecium, the                    native state of intracellular organization of anhydrobiotic                     organisms, vector/virus relationships of thrips and the control                 of plant viruses, the age determination of fish by examination of               the fine structure of growth increments of otoliths, and the                    study of fossilized sea urchin tests and spines to determine                    rates of evolution.  This will be the only field emission SEM in                the State of Hawaii and will be available to all users on a cost-               sharing basis.  The University will fund approximately 30% of the               cost of the instrument.
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{'Code': '1108', 'Text': 'INSTRUMENTAT & INSTRUMENT DEVP'}
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