# Microscopy Imaging Center for Research through Observation (MICRO)

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2022 · $102,596

## Abstract

Project Summary – CORE B: Microscopy Imaging Center for Research through Observation (MICRO) 
The Microscopy Imaging Center for Research through Observation (MICRO) Core of the Integrative Center for 
Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health (ICEMHH) will provide comprehensive imaging instrumentation 
and technical expertise at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) to support research that characterizes 
microorganisms and their relationship to each other, to host tissues or to their environment. The MICRO will 
incorporate and enhance the existing Biological Electron Microscope Facility that houses the only transmission 
electron microscope in the state, and the only scanning electron microscope at UHM supporting biological and 
biomedical research. The MICRO Core will provide the following: instrumentation, training and services for 
scanning and transmission electron microscopy, epifluorescent and confocal microscopy and laser 
microdissection and optical tweezers. A major goal of the COBRE support will be to modernize equipment and 
introduce users to new techniques, particularly rapidly changing fluorescent-imaging technologies, to assist in 
studies of microorganisms and their microbiomes. Relocation of the MICRO Core to a new Life Sciences 
Building, scheduled for completion in 2019, will provide a larger, custom-designed space for enhancing its 
research and training activities. The MICRO Core will be available to researchers across the UHM campus, to 
other local research and educational institutions, and to visiting scientists. The MICRO Core will favorably 
impact COBRE investigators and their affiliates by providing essential infrastructure and expertise to advance 
their research and foster collaborations that will positively impact the careers of junior investigators and more 
established investigators. The MICRO Core will support the growth of the ICEMHH, and (i) bring it visibility 
through its research and training efforts, (ii) staying abreast of advancing instrumentation and technologies in 
microscopy, and (iii) facilitation of outreach activities to characterize Hawaii's microbiomes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10488598
- **Project number:** 5P20GM125508-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** Petra Hoepcke Lenz
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $102,596
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-15 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10488598

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10488598, Microscopy Imaging Center for Research through Observation (MICRO) (5P20GM125508-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10488598. Licensed CC0.

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