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Miami University uses grants to purchase new scientific equipment
The machines add new functionality to Miami's labs.
BY DUNCAN STEWART
Miami University journalism student
The National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program awarded Miami University $1.1 million dollars in grants.
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The grants were used to purchase two machines: a pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer and a fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) system.
The FACS system will allow the Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics to place cells into different groups based on certain traits. Miami has never had a machine with the ability to physically separate the cells.
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“We can actually use the sorter to sort out cells from the mix and really look at their biology as individual cells rather than just as a component of a larger set,” says Timothy Wilson, assistant professor of microbiology.
The Ohio Advanced EPR Lab will use the EPR spectrometer by exposing material to radiative energy to determine the material’s physical traits. It will be one of only a few labs in the world to possess two of these machines.
The new EPR spectrometer will double the OAEPRL's output. --Photo contributed by Ignat Gorazd