Development of Undergraduate Biotechnology Laboratories

在一项合作中，内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校(UNO)和内布拉斯加大学医学中心(UNMC)实施了一项创新的生物技术计划，为本科生提供最先进的分子生物学体验。严格的实验室课程包括生物技术实习，学生将加入UNO或UNMC的分子生物学研究实验室，为期一学期。该计划的基石是联合国大学新设计的两门讲座和实验室课程--病毒学和分子遗传学。所要求的设备将使该计划能够在每门课程中增加对生物技术学位至关重要的新实验。将购置的主要设备包括：一个地板式超离心机和转子；一个微型离心机；一个电泳源；一个测序用的电泳仪；一个杂交室；一个压力印迹系统；一个紫外线交联器；一个电印迹系统；一个可调节的微吸管和一个盖革-穆勒辐射监测器。这些新增课程将大大改善联合国大学的分子生物学课程，从而促进新的生物技术学位课程的全面实施。

In a cooperative effort, the University of Nebraska at Omaha(UNO) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have implemented an innovative biotechnology program to provide state of the art experience in molecular biology to undergraduate students. A rigorous laboratory curriculum includes a Biotechnology internship where students will join a molecular biology research laboratory at UNO or UNMC for one semester. The cornerstones of this program are two newly designed lecture and laboratory courses, Virology and Molecular Genetics, at UNO. The requested equipment will enable the program to add new experiments critical to the Biotechnology degree to each of the courses. The major equipment items to be acquired include: a floor model ultracentrifuge and rotors; a microcentrifuge; an electrophoresis power supply, an electrophoresis apparatus for sequencing; a hybridization chamber; a pressure blotting system; a UV-crosslinking apparatus; an electroblotting system; adjustable micropipettes and a Geiger-Muller radiation monitor. These additions will substantially improve the molecular biology curriculum at UNO and thereby facilitate the full implementation of the new Biotechnology degree program.