Improvement of Undergraduate Biology Curriculum Through Bright-Field and Fluorescent Microscopy

通过明场和荧光显微镜改进本科生物学课程

• 批准号: 9050576
• 负责人: Steven Smith
• 金额: $ 1.81万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University-Kingsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-08-15 至 1993-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9050576&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Undergraduate; Biology; Curriculum; Through

Funds are being used to purchase a high quality microscope with bright-field, fluorescent, and photographic capabilities. This instrument is to be the focus of lab exercises in the introductory genetics course, a cytogenetics course, and an immunology course. It is to be used to a lesser degree in bacteriology, embryology, and histology courses, and will also be used in independent research projects. In the genetics courses, attention is focused on chromosomes. Several laboratory exercises and student research projects have been designed to involve students in cytogenetics and immunological techniques which require photo- and fluorescent microscopy. This provides students, many of whom are members of minority groups, with technical knowledge and expertise in the use of an instrument fundamental to biological investigations. The university will contribute an amount equal to the award.

资金正被用于购买具有明场、荧光和摄影能力的高质量显微镜。该仪器将是遗传学入门课程、细胞遗传学课程和免疫学课程中实验室练习的重点。它将用于细菌学、胚胎学和组织学课程中的较小程度，也将用于独立的研究项目。在遗传学课程中，注意力集中在染色体上。已经设计了几个实验室练习和学生研究项目，让学生参与细胞遗传学和免疫学技术，这些技术需要照片和荧光显微镜。这为学生，其中许多是少数群体的成员，提供了使用对生物调查基本的仪器的技术知识和专业知识。这所大学将捐赠一笔相当于该奖项的金额。