The development of this concept is being carried out by Mary Roslaniec, John Martin, and Scott Cram. Mary Roslaniec is partially supported by an NIH Shannon Young Investigator Award for photodamage chemistry investigations. In the first production run, sufficient numbers of system controllers and digital signal processing boards were made to provide systems for three of the NFCR cytometers. Soon another batch of these modules will be fabricated for other instruments in the Resource and elsewhere. The renewal proposal also contained brief descriptions of some 28 collaborative projects that will use existing NFCR technology and expertise or will use the new technologies as they come on line.
Collaborations are a vital component of our activities.
Our collaborators bring a wide variety of challenging and interesting projects for us to solve. Typically, our collaborative projects develop into long term relationships resulting in joint publications. We are continuously seeking new collaborations in addition to those listed in the renewal proposal. In addition to the Annual Course in Flow Cytometry, the NFCR training activities include presenting lectures and conducting laboratory sessions at other courses, assisting long and short term visitors to Los Alamos who come to learn specific techniques, giving lectures in graduate courses at the University of New Mexico and other institutions, and making presentations to high school biology classes. A number of graduate student and post doctoral research opportunities are available at the NFCR including earning Masters or Doctorate degrees through the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.