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Formal and Informal Microscopy Education at the University of Iowa Central Microscopy Research Facility: Project Centered Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Randy Nessler ,
Ryan Potter ,
Jodi Stahl ,
Katina Wilson ,
Thomas Moninger  and
Kenneth Moore
Randy Nessler
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
Ryan Potter
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
Jodi Stahl
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
Katina Wilson
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
Thomas Moninger
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
Kenneth Moore
Affiliation:
Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, 85 Eckstein Medical Research Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 522442
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Abstract

The University of Iowa Central Microscopy Research Facility (CMRF) has been in existence for 27 years. Starting out as a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) research laboratory, the facility has offered formal college courses. These courses require that students identify a project to investigate during the semester. Theory from the formal lecture is reinforced by work performed in the laboratory session. From its modest beginnings, the CMRF has continually grown. Currently, the facility offers two Confocal microscopes, two Scanning Electron Microscopes, a Scanning Probe Microscope, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, a Mossbauer spectrometer, a PTI Ion Imaging/Ratio system, a Freeze Fracture apparatus, and three light microscopes equipped with CCD cameras. Techniques range from routine histology to in-situ hybridization. Technological advances over the history of the facility have not been confined to the lab. in the past, most lectures were given using overheads and 35mm slides.

Type
Teaching Microscopy in the New Millennium (Organized by S. Barlow)
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 814 - 815
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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