Replacement of the Biological Laboratories Greenhouse

塔夫脱：该奖项支持更换哈佛大学的生物实验室温室。这种替换被认为是必要的，因为现有的设施建于1931年，是不安全的。新结构将使学生有机会在冬季进行项目，并将提供更稳定的环境控制，有利于全年种植植物。在新设施中进行的研究将包括：系统发育的分子遗传学；生长模式和整体发育；受精过程中细胞间通讯的基因调控育种系统和杂交；基本形态学。这些基础研究增强了我们对植物生物学的认识，从而有助于评估全球变化对陆地生态系统的潜在影响、生态系统对气候变化的响应以及植物在减缓全球气候变化中的作用。该改造项目将直接影响到16名教师、13名研究生、6名博士后，每年为约550名本科生提供植物材料。

Taft This award supports the replacement of the Biological Laboratories Greenhouse at Harvard University. This replacement was deemed necessary because the existing facility, built in 1931, was unsafe. The new structure will allow students the opportunity to carry out projects through the winter months, and will provide more stable environmental control conducive to growing plants year-round. The research conducted in the new facility will include: molecular genetics of phylogeny; growth patterns and whole organism development; gene control of cell-cell communication during fertilization; breeding systems and hybridization; and fundamental morphology. Such fundamental studies enhance our understanding of plant biology and thereby contribute to assessing the potential effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems, ecosystem responses to climate alteration, and the role of plants in mitigating global climate change. This renovation project will directly impact 16 faculty, 13 graduate students, 6 postdoctoral fellows, and supplies the plant materials for about 550 undergraduate students yearly.