Acquisition of Centrifuges and Rotors

该提案要求拨款购买一台超离心机、高速离心机和每台离心机的转子。该设备将使植物/生物和动物学系的四名研究人员受益，他们从事以下研究：藻类光合色素-蛋白质复合物的分离和特性，光收获叶绿素-蛋白质复合物的生物发生调节，鱼类脂质代谢的激素调节，植物细胞悬浮培养的氮代谢，植物细胞培养的再生。该仪器将为一个正在构建现代植物生物学合成程序的小组提供重要的刺激。

This proposal requests funds for the purchase of an ultracentrifuge, high-speed centrifuge, and rotors for each. This equipment will benefit four investigators in the Departments of Botany/Biology and Zoology who are engaged in research on: isolation and characterization of photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes from algae, regulation of the biogenesis of light- harvesting chlorophyll-protein complexes, hormonal regulation of lipid metabolism in fish, and nitrogen metabolism of plant cell suspension cultures, regeneration of plant cell cultures. This instrumentation will provide an important stimulus to a group in the process of building a synthetic program in modern plant biology.