Equipment to Enhance an Undergraduate Biotechnology Curriculum.

在一年级、二年级和高年级的课程中都提供了生物技术方面的新内容。相关实验室经验包括建模、DNA操作、发酵和使用琼脂糖凝胶电泳法和电子印迹法进行组织培养。支持这些进步的新设备包括引擎盖、冷冻干燥机和基于计算机的数据采集系统。在现有课程的基础上增加了三门组织培养、三门DNA操作、一项稳定同位素植物选择练习和两门计算机模拟实验室课程。一门新的以实验室为导向的课程--生物技术也正在开发中。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。在实验和定量生物技术方面提供了更多的教育机会，并满足了区域对生物技术正规教育的需求。

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.