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

这项提议要求100 750美元，用于购置四架 主要，多用户设备项目：两个高速 离心机、液体闪烁计数器和 自动序列阅读器/扫描密度计。的 五个研究项目支持这一应用 包括各种各样的基本生物学 研究，包括细胞生物学领域， 进化遗传学，分子生物学，分子 遗传学和微生物遗传学。一个主要目标 这些项目中的每一个， 生物科学系是隔离的， 蛋白质的纯化和表征， 核酸级分。要求的项目是基本的 现代细胞技术对仪器的要求 和分子生物学来实现这一点 objective.因此，五个研究项目中的每一个 在很大程度上依赖于仪器要求， 提议 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，和教师的研究工作。设备 将大大加强研究、培训和 教育部的教学能力 生物科学。大多数教师和毕业生 系里的学生需要 仪器在他们的研究。本科 在教师监督下工作的学生将获得 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.