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Scanning near field optical microscopy to probe biological structure and organisation

ReferenceE08524
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Trevor Rayment
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Simon Davis, Professor David Klenerman
Institution University of Cambridge
DepartmentChemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 193,920
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/11/1998
End date 30/04/2002
Duration42 months

Abstract

The objective of this proposal is to build a new improved scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) and demonstrate the feasibility of using this instrument for in- vitro studies of the structure and organisation of biological systems at resolutions of 30-100nm. We will demonstrate the advantages of this instrument on systems of biological interest and of increasing biological complexity: the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), the axoneme, the vesicular stomatis virus (VSV) and the surface of leucocytes.

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Committee Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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