{"id":18922,"date":"2022-12-06T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/?p=18922"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:22:32","slug":"microscopes-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/programs-projects\/microscopes-of-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Microscopes of Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group landing-intro-block color-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group left-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumb\"><nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumb-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\" \" rel=\"nofollow\">Home<\/a><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Microscopes of Tomorrow<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Microscopes of Tomorrow project is a partnership between the Lawrence Hall of Science and researchers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/strobe.colorado.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STROBE Science and Technology Center<\/a>. The Lawrence has developed an interactive app to bring users into the research labs of STROBE scientists. We are also developing complementary hands-on activities inspired by STROBE research for use in classrooms, museums, or at home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group right-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-activity.png\" alt=\"Two students are using a microscope and a tablet during a STROBE science activity\" class=\"wp-image-18967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-activity.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-activity-567x600.png 567w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-activity-768x813.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group just-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-left\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading header-offset\"><strong>Hands-on Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-right\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Traditional microscopes aren\u2019t the only way to investigate things that can\u2019t be seen with the human eye. Scientists can use lasers in microscopes that are bigger than a dinner table, or they can make transparent materials rainbow-colored to reveal hidden stresses inside. Hands-on activities inspired by these technologies are currently being developed by Lawrence staff. Activity guides will be posted here soon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group just-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-left\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading header-offset\"><strong>Microscopes of Tomorrow App<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-right\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strobe.lawrencehallofscience.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Microscopes of Tomorrow app<\/a> features five imaging science stories brought to life through photos, videos, illustrations, and interactive tools. Explore the imaging science innovations that scientists are creating to let them uncover secrets in human and plant cells, peek inside batteries and nanoparticles, and figure out how energy moves through solar panels. Scientists from the UC Berkeley branch of the STROBE Center for Real-time Functional Imaging invite you into their labs to see these microscopes of tomorrow in action, try out simulations that show how they work, and learn about how these new ways of \u201cseeing\u201d can lead to solutions to important problems in science, medicine, and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/strobe.lawrencehallofscience.org\/\">Launch Microscopes of Tomorrow App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padding-top padding-bottom\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-1.png\" alt=\"Two students are using a microscope during at STROBE activity\" class=\"wp-image-18978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-1.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-2.png\" alt=\"A group of students are participating in a STOBE activity\" class=\"wp-image-18977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-2.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-2-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Strobe-2-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strobe-4.png\" alt=\"Two students are using a microscope during at STROBE activity\" class=\"wp-image-18979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strobe-4.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strobe-4-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strobe-4-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group just-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-left\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading header-offset\">Using the App with Students<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-right\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The STROBE Microscopes of Tomorrow app offers an opportunity for students to connect the science concepts and practices they learn about in school to cutting-edge applications outside of school. The diverse group of scientists featured in the app share their research, as well as aspects of their own stories, providing windows into rich and exciting science and engineering careers. Because the imaging science stories cross disciplines\u2014from the electromagnetic spectrum to matter and energy to processes in human and plant cells\u2014the Microscopes of Tomorrow app offers authentic opportunities to complement and enhance classroom activities and discussions as students build their understanding of these concepts. Linking all these concepts is the crosscutting concept of scale: an overarching goal of the work of STROBE scientists is to break through the limits of spatial and temporal scale to build microscopes capable of \u201cseeing\u201d processes and phenomena smaller and faster than ever before. To highlight the importance of this concept, the app features two interactive tools focused on scale, allowing students to explore and compare either the relative sizes of different objects, or the relative time scales at which different processes occur.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped padding-top padding-bottom wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-1.png\" alt=\"A student uses a microscope during a Microscopes of Tomorrow activity while other students and an adult observe the microscope results on the screen. \" class=\"wp-image-25179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-1.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-1-600x567.png 600w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-1-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-2.png\" alt=\"Students and an adult participate in a Microscopes of Tomorrow activity\" class=\"wp-image-25178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-2.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-2-600x463.png 600w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-2-768x592.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-3.png\" alt=\"Students and an adult participate in a Microscopes of Tomorrow activity\" class=\"wp-image-25177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-3.png 800w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-3-592x600.png 592w, https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/microscopes-3-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group just-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-left\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading header-offset\"><strong>About The STROBE Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-offset-right\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strobe.colorado.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STROBE<\/a> is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center focused on developing the microscopes of tomorrow\u2014new imaging techniques that help scientists and engineers understand the structure, properties, and interactions inside biological and engineered materials in real time. Why is the need to create better microscopes so critical? Although we already have many different kinds of microscopes, the microscopes we have today are limited in what they let us see\u2014and that limits what we can know about the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The STROBE center brings together scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Berkeley; Fort Lewis College; Florida International University; and the University of California, Irvine. These scientists are collaborating to accomplish what they couldn\u2019t do if they worked alone. They\u2019re integrating different kinds of imaging methods and figuring out faster and better ways to detect and analyze their data. By revealing the inner structure and processes inside materials at scales smaller\u2014and faster\u2014than ever before, these new imaging methods will allow us to ask and investigate new questions and accelerate innovation in the fields of science, engineering, and technology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group get-in-touch-block\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get In Touch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"get-in-touch-text-info\">Questions? We&#8217;d love to speak to you.<br><a href=\"mailto:The Lawrence Hall of Science<lawrenceinfo@berkeley.edu&gt;\">lawrenceinfo@berkeley.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STROBE is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center focused on developing the microscopes of tomorrow\u2014new imaging techniques that help scientists and engineers understand the structure, properties, and interactions inside biological and engineered materials in real time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352,327],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broader-impacts","category-programs-projects"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18922"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25185,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922\/revisions\/25185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencehallofscience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}