Molecular and Cellular Instrumentation Expansion

这个项目提高了课程中细胞和分子组成部分的复杂性。该系正在为专业学生重新设计一门课程，向他们介绍生物体的主要组成部分，并教授他们分子生物学的现代技术。购买了离心机、液相色谱、纸色谱、电泳设备、照相设备和紫外/可见分光光度计，使该部门能够引入涉及细胞分离的新的实验室经验；蛋白质、DNA和RNA的分离；蛋白质和核酸的定量测定；核酸的酶切和酶切片段的克隆。这些仪器也被用于免疫学和遗传学课程以及植物生理学的实验室。学院将提供等额的奖金。

This project improves the sophistication of cellular and molecular components of the curriculum. The department is redesigning a course for majors to introduce them to the major building blocks of living organisms, and to teach them the modern techniques of molecular biology. The purchase of centrifuges, liquid chromatography, paper chromatography, and electrophoresis equipment, photographic equipment, and of a UV/visible spectrophotometer allows the department to introduce new laboratory experiences involving cell fractionation; protein, DNA and RNA separations; quantitative measurement of proteins and nucleic acids; restriction digestion of nucleic acids, and the cloning of restriction fragments. The instruments are also being used in Immunology and Genetics courses and laboratories in Plant Physiology. The college will contribute an amount equal to the award.