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MCB Selected for New 'Scope
With the support of a major grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology has been selected as one of only a dozen laboratories worldwide to receive a prototype OMX Applied Precision microscopy system.
The microscope will deliver 3D images of cells at high speed under low light conditions ideal for live cell imaging. The acquisition of the “structured illumination deconvolution light microscopy system” marks a major step forward in optical microscopy imaging technology for both the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the campus.
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Published Date: June 19, 2008
Professor Phillip A. Newmark
On May 27th, Phillip A. Newmark, a professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB), was named a 2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. With this award Prof. Newmark joins a select group of 56 biomedical scientists chosen from among 1,070 applications submitted in a nationwide competition.
The Maryland-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a private philanthropy dedicated to supporting biomedical research and science education, is committing more than $600 million to support new research conducted by the 56 investigators in their first term of appointment.
Published Date: May 28, 2008