RUI: Acquisition of Major Equipment for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

该提案要求拨款购买一台超离心机，即紫外线。VIS分光光度计，液体闪烁计数器和高效液相色谱系统。所有项目将用于几个涉及本科生的研究项目。这些项目包括：(a)蓝藻细胞分化相关基因的调控，(b)龙舌兰科黄酮类化合物的进化，(c)松线虫的生物化学和分子生物学，(d)唾液营养成分在黄蜂社会进化中的作用，(e)热带林下植物的生态学和生理学；(f)肠道寄生虫的碳水化合物和能量代谢。

This proposal requests funds to obtain an ultracentrifuge, a UV.VIS spectrophotometer, a liquid scintillation counter and an HPLC system. All items will be used in several research programs that involve undergraduate students in the research. The projects include: (a) the regulation of genes involved in cell differentiation in cyanobacteria, (b) evolution of flavoniods in the plant family Onagracieae, (c) biochemistry and molecular biology of pine wilt nematode, (d) the role of nutritional components of saliva in social evolution of wasps, (e) ecology and physiology of tropical understory plants and (f) carbohydrate and energy metabolism in intestinal parasites.