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Prof develops new microscope Cell surfaces illuminated By Sandy Johnstone Of the Emerald Biologist O. Hayes Griffith is "putting headlights" on cells and proteins with a new micro scope he has developed that uses the photoelectric effect (discovered by Albert Einstein) to illuminate the surfaces of cells. Ten years of effort and more than $1 million in research grants have allowed Griffith, a University professor, to develop the microscope that allows scientists to do research in cancer The Cancer Society, which is part of the National Institute of Health, funds his research He is currently in the first year of a three-year renewable grant for $200,000 per year "This is different from all other microscopes in the world,” says Griffith. "It is not a replacement for other micros copes, but it allows us to see things we could not have seen any other way — or at least see them more easily." Griffith says many people doubted he could succeed "They said if it could be done, someone would have done it," he says But Griffith says it's a simple idea. "It just uses space-age technology." Not many scientists were in terested in doing the work "Typically biologists want to be biologists, chemists want to work in chemistry and phy sicists want to work in physics Here we do it all," Griffith says Griffith's research focuses on the difference between normal cells and cancerous cells, but most of his work is done with normal cells, he says Understanding how normal Photo by Scott Levy Hayes Griffith cells function is necessary for determining how they become cancerous, Griffith says ‘It's like being in a desert at dusk and trying to see a car far away." he says "You can t see it very well without headlights Well, we're putting headlights on a protein It's like beepers allowing us to detect it." Griffith is enthusiastic about his work “It's exciting doing some thing related to life," he says, "We do have long periods of dry spells and then a breakthrough Right now everything looks good, but we ll be crossing an other desert soon When doing experiments, Griffith doesn’t make a hypothesis and set out to prove it Instead, he plans an exper iment and then follows the leads it provides “It's like exploring a cave You can t see very far ahead of you and you change directions when you get new data," Griffith says Use of the photoelectron microscope has already gained international attention "This particular research is only being done here A lot of people think everyone is doing it. But it's not being duplicated anywhere," says Griffith Griffith's paper was one of 15 papers (out of 600 submitted) to be read at the International Conference on Electromicros copy "This particular research is only being done here A lot of people think everyone is doing it But it's not being duplicated anywhere," says Griffith Voter drive termed a success The ASUO voter registration drive was a marketing success, according to the results of a survey, says Dan Wilson, ex ecutive vice president of the Marketing Association About 60 percent of the 722 students who returned ques tionnaires said they are regis tered Lane County voters, says Wilson, whose association was asked by Debi Lance, ASUO vice president of state and academic affairs, to conduct the survey Survey questionnaires were distributed in the EMU, bookstore, and dormitories for a representative survey, he says The high registration total is a good result considering tradi tionally low counts, Wilson says Eighty percent of the re spondents indicated they knew about the registration drive, which shows the ASUO had a good publicity drive," he adds. The ASUO Political Faire was not publicized as well, Wilson says Sixty percent of the re spondents said they had easy access to information to make an intelligent vote, which was interpreted to mean they knew about the fair, he says. The fair should have been publicized as an informational event instead of as a series of debates, which probably seemed boring and uninforma tive to th$ students, Wilson says Huge banners that pub licized the voter registration drive should have been used to publicize the fair, he adds The ASUO did the best pub licizing job it could with the manpower and facilities availa ble, says Mark Cleveland, ASUO director of University and academic affairs. Students could gain information from the Emerald’s coverage of the event, he adds. Sixty-eight percent said they would vote at their polling loca tions on election day, he says But 82 percent said they would vote if transportation were provided to and from the polling location, Wilson adds. 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