Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction in Biotechnology

生物技术本科实验室教学

• 批准号: 9054244
• 负责人: Standish Hartman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 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: 1990-11-01 至 1992-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9054244&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Laboratory; Instruction; Biotechnology

This project deals with modern methods of recombinant DNA and protein analysis, procedures that underlie much of current research and development in biotechnology. This field has evolved rapidly over the past dozen years, a situation that has left many bioscience teachers, trained in an earlier period, with little or no immediate relevant experience. The project addresses this gulf by providing college faculty with the expertise necessary to introduce these elements into their undergraduate programs. An intense six-week practicum is at the core of the project, in which each of the 20 participants masters the fundamental techniques. To provide the teachers with an authoritative base of experience the work is conducted using equipment and procedures consistent with research standards. Recognizing that college faculty must operate within financial and time constraints in presenting undergraduate courses, the workshop also investigates low-cost and time-efficient experimental modes that are appropriate to the teaching setting. In addition to developing technical skills, the work focuses on principles underlying the methods and their extension to problems at the forefront of research through group discussions held daily. To make the connection with current research in the field more tangible, one day per week will be set aside for seminars and laboratory visits conducted by faculty associates, who will discuss the research work as it illustrates applications in biotechnology.

该项目涉及重组DNA和蛋白质分析的现代方法，这些程序是目前生物技术研究和发展的基础。这一领域在过去十几年中发展迅速，这种情况使许多生物科学教师在早期接受过培训，几乎没有或根本没有直接的相关经验。该项目通过为大学教师提供必要的专业知识，将这些元素引入他们的本科课程来解决这一鸿沟。为期六周的密集实习是该项目的核心，20名参与者中的每一位都掌握了基本技术。为了给教师提供一个权威的经验基础，这项工作是使用符合研究标准的设备和程序进行的。认识到大学教师必须在财务和时间的限制下，在呈现本科课程，研讨会还探讨了低成本和时间效率的实验模式，适合教学环境。除了发展技术技能外，工作重点是方法的基本原则及其通过每天举行的小组讨论扩展到研究前沿的问题。为了使与该领域当前研究的联系更加有形，每周将留出一天用于由教职员工进行的研讨会和实验室访问，他们将讨论研究工作，因为它说明了生物技术的应用。