沙特阿拉伯王国图沃2017年5月10日电 /美通社/ – 阿卜杜拉国王科技大学（King Abdullah University of Science and Technology，简称“KAUST”）和赛默飞世尔科技公司(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)于5月9日为位于KAUST沙特阿拉伯图沃校区的电子显微镜卓越中心(Electron Microscopy Center of Excellence)举行落成仪式。这个全新中心将发展KAUST和赛默飞世尔之间的长期合作，并且将关注仪器性能卓越性和研发合作。
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电子显微镜卓越中心旨在通过赛默飞世尔的领先电子显微镜平台，为KAUST的科学家和合作研究人员提供探索和试验能力。由于可以靠近利用赛默飞世尔在材料科学方面的丰富应用知识，位于KAUST研究科技园的产业合作伙伴将能从中受益。
赛默飞世尔材料与结构分析部门总裁迈世福(Michael Shafer)表示：“我们与KAUST已经合作了很长时间，期待继续推动合作和技术进步，并将其作为这个全新卓越中心的一部分内容。通过获得市面上最新的表征技术、硬件和软件，KAUST有望推动化学与催化剂研究、纳米粒子和生命科学方面的科学研究。”
KAUST核心实验室与主要设施主任贾斯汀-麦纳(Justin Mynar)博士则表示：“建立电子显微镜卓越中心体现了我们与赛默飞世尔进行战略合作的使命，即实现我们在推动高性能成像技术进步方面的共同目标。我们的合作旨在努力提升电子显微镜卓越中心的实验能力，从而能够首次在沙特阿拉伯为我们的学生、教职员工、研究人员和合作伙伴提供一系列科学机遇和优势。”
电子显微镜卓越中心的落成仪式内容包括正式试用FEI Titan Themis Z扫描透射电子显微镜(S/TEM)，而该仪器是截至目前已经实现商用的最先进分析型透射电子显微镜，也将是全球部署的第一台透射电子显微镜。材料科学家可以使用Titan Themis Z来了解某种材料的大规模物理特性和其原子组成与结构之间的关系。该系统将加入电子显微镜卓越中心所部署的其它极为先进的电子显微镜系统阵容，包括共计16台赛默飞世尔电子显微镜。
电子显微镜卓越中心是KAUST实施与主要仪器供应商进行长期合作的战略的首个成果。它将成为一种寻求未来机遇的模式，向KAUST遍及沙特阿拉伯王国的用户和合作研究人员提供一流研究设施、培训和服务。
KAUST AND THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC OPEN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. held an opening ceremony on May 9 for the Electron Microscopy Center of Excellence at the KAUST campus in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. This new center builds upon the long-standing partnership between KAUST and Thermo Fisher, and will focus on excellence in instrument performance and R&D collaboration.
The Center of Excellence aims to offer KAUST scientists and collaborators exploration and experimentation capabilities through Thermo Fisher’s leading electron microscopy platform. Industry partners located in the KAUST Research and Technology Park will also benefit from proximity to Thermo Fisher’s deep application knowledge in materials science.
“We have enjoyed a long history with KAUST and look forward to continued collaboration and technology advancement as part of this new Center of Excellence,” said Michael Shafer, president, materials and structural analysis, Thermo Fisher. “By gaining access to the latest characterization techniques, hardware and software available on the market, KAUST will have the opportunity to advance scientific research in the areas of chemistry and catalyst research, nanoparticles and life sciences.”
Dr. Justin Mynar, director of the KAUST Core Laboratories and Major Facilities said, “This center embodies the mission of our strategic partnership with Thermo Fisher to achieve our common goals in the advancement of high-performance imaging technologies. Our collaboration seeks to elevate the experimental capabilities and capacity in the Electron Microscopy Center of Excellence to provide our students, faculty, researchers and partners an array of scientific opportunities and advantages for the first time in Saudi Arabia.”
The center’s opening ceremony included the official commissioning of the FEI Titan Themis Z scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM), the most advanced analytical transmission electron microscope commercially available to date and the first to be installed in the world. Materials scientists use the Titan Themis Z to understand relationships between a material’s larger-scale physical properties and its atomic-scale composition and structure. This system joins other highly advanced electron microscopy systems already installed at the center, including a total of 16 electron microscopes from Thermo Fisher.
This Center of Excellence is the first implementation in a strategy by KAUST to build long-term partnerships with major instrument suppliers. It will serve as a model for future opportunities to provide state-of-the-art research facilities, training and services to KAUST users and collaborators across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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