Equipping an Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory with theTools of the Molecular Biologist.

分子生物学和分子遗传学的最新进展 显著改变培训所需的实验室方法 生物学专业的本科生。 亨特学院的教职员工 准备了一个修订和扩大为期一年的分子生物学课程， 本科专业，包括两个更新的实验室课程， 生物化学和分子遗传学领域。 经修订和 扩大课程（强调基本的克隆技术， 重组克隆中存在的质粒，分离和 酶的表征和细胞表面的结构分析） 将给学生增加动手实验室的经验， 分子程序和科学仪器。 此外，增加 为工具经验有限的学生提供课程访问权限 科学研究将成为可能。 对于有经验的学生有机会扩大他们的 利用现代分子技术， 独立荣誉研究项目。 两人的其他变化 实验室课程也预计利用这一相同的 设备. 用于实施这些变更的主要项目 包括高速超离心和微量离心、闪烁 计数器、振荡培养箱和快速真空系统。 的大部分 受益于这些课程的学生是妇女和/或 少数群体在国家科学家队伍中的代表性不足。

Recent advances in Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics are significantly changing the laboratory approaches required for training undergraduates majoring in Biology. The Hunter College faculty has prepared a revised and expanded one-year Molecular Biology course for undergraduate majors which includes two updated laboratory courses in the areas of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. The revised and expanded curriculum (emphasizing basic cloning techniques, analysis of the plasmids present in recombinant clones, isolation and characterization of enzymes, and structural analysis of cell surfaces) will give students increases hands-on laboratory experience with molecular procedures and scientific instruments. In addition, increased access to the course for students with limited experience in the tools of scientific investigation will be possible. For the experienced students there is opportunity to expand their existing knowledge by using modern molecular techniques for an independent honors research project. Additional changes in the two laboratory courses are also projected with the utilization of this same equipment. The major items being used to implement these changes include high speed ultra- and micro-centrifuges, a scintillation counter, shaker incubator and a speed-vac system. A large fraction of the students benefitting from these courses are women and/or members of minority groups underrepresented in the Nation's pool of scientists.