| 项目编号: | 1532226
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| 项目名称: | MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry for Collaborative Research in Geobiology |
| 作者: | Russell Shapiro
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| 承担单位: | California State University, Chico Research Fdtn
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| 批准年: | 2014
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| 开始日期: | 2015-08-15
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| 结束日期: | 2016-07-31
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| 资助金额: | USD207479
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Earth Sciences
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| 英文关键词: | sem
; new collaborative geobiology research group
; rapidly-growing research area
; geobiology
; cross-disciplinary microscope
; research-grade sem
; independent undergraduate research project
; cross-disciplinary
; cross-disciplinary research
; compact scanning electron microscope
; training undergraduate researcher
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| 英文摘要: | This award will provide funds to acquire a compact Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to support a new collaborative Geobiology Research Group, consisting of current and new faculty in Biology and Geosciences. This group's mission is to facilitate cross-disciplinary research, with the primary goal of training undergraduate researchers. Geobiology is a rapidly-growing research area that focuses on the interaction of microorganisms with their mineral environment, and SEM is a critical tool to study both organisms and mineral analysis. The SEM to be acquired is a new compact but full-featured, low-cost instrument that is well suited as a cross-disciplinary microscope for a primarily-undergraduate institution.
The instrument will be used to characterize both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes, minerals produced by microbial activity, and the geochemical and microstructural attributes of fossil biosignatures and host rock lithology. Designed for simplicity and ease of maintenance, this compact, research-grade SEM is ideal for an institution focused on fostering independent undergraduate research projects to explore both the current and past evolution of microbes and their environment. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/93705
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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| Recommended Citation: | |
Russell Shapiro. MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry for Collaborative Research in Geobiology. 2014-01-01.
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