Visual & Imaging CenterHoward Hughes Medical Institute Grant at Gustavus Adolphus College
The HHMI grant helped to fund the Visualization and Imaging Center located in the Gustavus Alfred Nobel Hall of Science. Gustavus helped match funding to complete this project. The center houses computers for laboratory research and a new a Zeiss LSM 700 laser (scanning) confocal microscope.
The Zeiss Confocal Microscope was purchased in part through the HHMI grant. This microscope allows scientists to create clean three-dimensional images of a sample through a controllable focal plane and elimination of out-of-focus glare.
"The confocal provides Gustavus students and faculty with a state-of-the-art resource for study and research at the cellular and molecular level."
—Jeff Dahlseid, Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry