Jan 15 2021 Read 320 Times More than $750,000 to radically expand microscopy training for scientists and researchers in academia and industry in Ireland has been awarded to Dr Kerry Thompson of NUI Galway. The funding was confirmed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a philanthropy founded by Dr Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, that matches engineering with grant-making, impact investing and policy and advocacy work. It is part of a $32 million philanthropic package to support biomedical imaging researchers and the development of technology to drive the discovery of cures, prevention or management of disease. Dr Thompson is a researcher in anatomy at NUI Galway’s School of Medicine and Centre for Microscopy and Imaging, and also Chair of the RMS Outreach and Education Committee. She will use the funding to support accelerated learning and research in biological sciences.