
Phase Plate Holder For Transmission Electron MicroscopyAward last edited on: 8/8/14
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
NIH : NIGMSTotal Award Amount
$1,084,283Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
-----Principal Investigator
Norman J SalmonCompany Information
Hummingbird Scientific LLC (AKA: Hummingbird Precision Machine)
8300 28th CT NE Unit 200
Lacey, WA 98516
Lacey, WA 98516
(360) 252-2737 |
info@hummingbirdscientific.com |
www.hummingbirdscientific.com |
Location: Single
Congr. District: 10
County: Thurston
Congr. District: 10
County: Thurston
Phase I
Contract Number: 1R43GM085841-01A1Start Date: 6/1/09 Completed: 11/30/09
Phase I year
2009Phase I Amount
$100,000Public Health Relevance Statement:
Project narrative:
This proposal will develop tools that allow biologists to get a clearer picture of the structure and function of the cell. This knowledge is fundamental to innumerable areas of medical research and practice.
Project Terms:
3-D structure; 3-dimensional structure; 3D structure; Area; Back; Biological; Biology; Cell Function; Cell Process; Cell physiology; Cells; Cellular Function; Cellular Physiology; Cellular Process; Chemicals; Collaborations; Collection; Communities; Computer Programs; Computer software; Computers; Data Collection; Dehydration; Devices; Dorsum; Electron Microscope; Electron Microscopy; Electronics; Electrons; Electrostatics; Elements; Fixation; Freezing; Heating; Image; Imagery; In Situ; Investigators; Knowledge; Manuals; Medical Research; Method LOINC Axis 6; Methodology; Methods and Techniques; Methods, Other; NIH; National Institutes of Health; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Negative Beta Particle; Negatrons; Optics; Organelles; Phase; Position; Positioning Attribute; Procedures; Production; Publishing; Research; Research Personnel; Research Resources; Research Specimen; Researchers; Resolution; Resources; SBIR; SBIRS (R43/44); Sampling; Series; Small Business Innovation Research; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Software; Specimen; Staining method; Stainings; Stains; Structure; Subcellular Process; System; System, LOINC Axis 4; TEM; Techniques; Technology; Time; Transmission; Transmission Electron Microscopy; United States National Institutes of Health; Visualization; Work; Writing; abstracting; base; body water dehydration; computer program/software; cost; cost effective; electron tomography; experience; experiment; experimental research; experimental study; feeding; frontier; imaging; irradiation; lens; macromolecule; particle; product development; prototype; research study; sample fixation; three dimensional structure; tomography; tool; transmission process
Phase II
Contract Number: 2R44GM085841-02Start Date: 6/1/09 Completed: 8/31/14
Phase II year
2012(last award dollars: 2013)
Phase II Amount
$984,283Public Health Relevance:
Phase plate holder for transmission electron microscopy Relevance The phase plate holder that will be developed and commercialized in this project allows routine transmission electron microscopy characterization of biological structures at unprecedented resolution and contrast levels. The routine use of phase plates will allow the acquisition of levels of details in 3D tomographic images of non-crystalline materials to increase by a large leap. This TEM imaging ability is used to gain a comprehensive understanding of cellular structures and allows direct correlation between structure and function.