Equipment for an Undergraduate Laboratory Program in Cellular Biology

细胞生物学本科实验室项目的设备

• 批准号: 8851571
• 负责人: Michael McLeod
• 金额: $ 1.17万
• 依托单位: Belmont Abbey College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-08-15 至 1991-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8851571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; Undergraduate; Laboratory; Program; Cellular

The Biology Department is updating and modernizing its Cell Biology course, particularly the laboratory component, as part of a general shifting of emphasis in the departmental curriculum. This is being accomplished in part by obtaining instrumentation needed to perform experiments in cell function and in DNA structure and function. These areas are important to a modern course in cellular biology. Previously the laboratory portion of the Cell Biology course was organized in a classical manner, with a minimum of experimentation and analysis. With the acquisition of the new equipment, the course uses the accumulation and interpretation of experimental results to illus- trate concepts and material. These instruments also are useful in the Genetics and Biochemistry courses. The equipment includes a refriger- ated centrifuge, microcentrifuge, analytical balance, pH meter, and gel electrophoresis apparatus. With the new equipment, undergraduates perform basic experiments on DNA. These include the mapping of restriction fragments, and analyses of enzyme actions and kinetics. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.

生物系正在更新和现代化其细胞生物学课程，特别是实验室部分，作为系课程重点总体转移的一部分。 这部分是通过获得进行细胞功能以及 DNA 结构和功能实验所需的仪器来实现的。 这些领域对于细胞生物学的现代课程非常重要。 以前，细胞生物学课程的实验室部分以经典方式组织，实验和分析最少。 随着新设备的获得，该课程利用实验结果的积累和解释来说明概念和材料。 这些仪器在遗传学和生物化学课程中也很有用。 设备包括冷冻离心机、微量离心机、分析天平、pH计和凝胶电泳仪。 本科生利用新设备进行 DNA 基础实验。 其中包括限制性片段的绘制以及酶作用和动力学的分析。 受资助机构正在将国家科学基金会的资助与从非联邦来源获得的同等金额相匹配。