Equipment for an Undergraduate Laboratory Program in Cellular Biology

生物系正在更新和更新其细胞生物学课程，特别是实验室部分，这是该系课程重点普遍转移的一部分。这在一定程度上是通过获得进行细胞功能和DNA结构和功能实验所需的仪器来实现的。这些领域对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是以经典的方式组织的，只有最少的实验和分析。随着新设备的获得，本课程利用实验结果的积累和解释来筛选概念和材料。这些仪器在遗传学和生物化学课程中也很有用。该设备包括冷冻式离心机、微量离心机、分析天平、pH计和凝胶电泳仪。有了新的设备，本科生可以对DNA进行基础实验。这些包括限制片段图谱，以及酶作用和动力学的分析。接受资助的机构正在将NSF的奖励与从非联邦来源获得的同等金额相匹配。

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.