Equipment to Enhance an Undergraduate Biotechnology Curriculum.

在大一、大二和高级阶段的课程中，提供了生物技术的新重点。相关的实验室经验包括建模，DNA操作，发酵，组织培养使用琼脂糖凝胶电泳和电印迹。支持这些进步的新设备包括通风罩、冷冻干燥机和基于计算机的数据采集系统。三个组织培养，三个DNA操作，一个稳定同位素植物选择练习，以及两个计算机建模实验室课程被添加到现有课程中。一门名为生物技术的新实验室课程也正在开发中。它的主要组成部分包括重组DNA方法、发酵、生物生产和生物转化、真核组织培养和分化以及模拟建模。目前正在提供实验性和定量生物技术方面的更多教育机会，并正在满足区域对生物技术正规教育的需要。

New thrusts in Biotechnology are being provided in the curriculum at the freshman, sophomore and advanced levels. Related laboratory experiences include work in modeling, DNA manipulation, fermentation, and tissue culture using agarose gel electrophoresis and electro-blotting. New equipment supporting these advances include a hood, a freeze dryer and a computer-based data acquisition system. Three tissue culture, three DNA manipulation, a stable isotope plant selection exercise, and two computer modeling lab sessions are being added to existing courses. A new lab oriented-course called Biotechnology also is being developed. Its major components involve recombinant DNA methods, fermentation, bioproduction and bioconversion, eukaryotic tissue culture and differentiation, and simulation modeling. Enhanced educational opportunities in experimental and quantitative Biotechnology are being provided, and a regional need for formal education in Biotechnology is being met.