RUI: Acquisition of high speed centrifuges, a liquid scintillation counter, and an automated sequence reader/ densitometer for isolation and characterization of macromole

该提案要求100 750美元用于购买四个主要的多用户设备项目：两个高速离心机、一个液体闪烁计数器和一个自动序列读取器/扫描密度计。支持这一应用的五个研究项目涵盖了各种各样的基础生物学研究，包括细胞生物学、进化遗传学、分子生物学、分子遗传学和微生物遗传学。这些项目和生物科学系的许多其他项目的主要目标是分离、纯化和表征蛋白质和核酸组分。所要求的项目是用于实现这一目标的现代细胞和分子生物学技术的基本仪器要求。因此，五个研究项目中的每一个都严重依赖于本提案中要求的仪器。支持这一要求的研究项目包括本科生研究项目、硕士论文主题和教师研究工作。这些设备将大大提高生物科学系的研究、培训和教学能力。该系的大多数教师和研究生在他们的研究中将需要这些仪器。在教师指导下工作的本科生将接受设备的培训和研究经验。

This proposal requests $100,750 for acquisition of four major, multiuser equipment items: two high speed centrifuges, a liquid scintillation counter, and an automated sequence reader/scanning densitometer. The five research programs that support this application encompass a diverse assortment of basic biological research, including the areas of cell biology, evolutionary genetics, molecular biology, molecular genetics, and microbial genetics. A primary objective of each of these programs and many others within the Department of Biological Sciences is isolation, purification, and characterization of protein and nucleic acid fractions. The requested items are basic instrumental requirements for modern techniques in cell and molecular biology that are used to achieve this objective. As such, each of the five research programs rely heavily on the instrumentation requested in this proposal. The research projects that support this request involve undergraduate student research projects, M.S. thesis topics, and faculty research efforts. The equipment will significantly enhance the research, training, and instructional capabilities of the Department of Biological Sciences. Most of the faculty and graduate students in the department will require the instrumentation in their research. Undergraduate students working under faculty supervision will receive training and research experience with the equipment.