Development of Undergraduate Biotechnology Laboratories

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) 合作实施了一项创新生物技术计划，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，学生将在 UNO 或 UNMC 的分子生物学研究实验室学习一个学期。该计划的基石是UNO新设计的两门讲座和实验室课程：病毒学和分子遗传学。所需的设备将使该计划能够在每门课程中添加对生物技术学位至关重要的新实验。 拟采购的主要设备包括：落地式超速离心机和转子；微量离心机；电泳电源、测序用电泳仪；杂交室；压力印迹系统； UV交联装置；电印迹系统；可调节微量移液器和盖革-穆勒辐射监测仪。这些补充将大大改善UNO的分子生物学课程，从而促进新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.