Acquisition of Core DNA Sequencing Instrumentation

这是一个核心DNA测序仪器的要求，以服务于一组活跃的，联邦资助的研究人员和几个培训计划。 仪器将包括一个DNA测序仪和几个支持项目，包括一个寡核苷酸合成仪，热循环仪，质粒制备装置，荧光计，网络计算机设备和软件的DNA序列分析。 该设施将为几个实验室提供服务，其中DNA测序是积极研究项目的一个组成部分，也将作为通过自动RFLP分析进行基因组研究的场所。 该设施的另一个用途是靠近生物技术教学实验室，本科生和研究生级别的班级将有机会对设备进行培训。 这个教学实验室也是我们的NSF暑期生物技术课程的网站，为大学教师，谁也将受益于培训机会。 罗格斯大学的纽瓦克校区是一个独特的研究中心，结合了一个小型但专注的研究社区，致力于本科生，研究生，特别是少数民族教育。 在过去的10年里，我们为校园增加了25名新的研究人员。 这些新的教师都成功地竞争了联邦资助他们的研究，并共同努力，以提高校园的教育机会。 我们广泛的赠款资助的教育计划证明了这一点，包括：NIH少数民族生物医学研究支持，NIH桥梁学士学位计划奖，NSF计算机教育，NSF暑期课程和霍华德休斯医学研究所本科科学计划倡议。 这一核心DNA测序设施的增加将显着提高我们的教师的能力，在研究和教育两个未来的资金竞争。 它将促进我们简单的测序需求，并帮助我们吸引分子进化领域的新教师。

This is a request for core DNA sequencing instrumentation to serve a group of active, federally-funded research faculty and several training programs. The instrumentation will include a DNA sequencer and several supporting items, including an oligonucleotide synthesizer, thermal cyclers, a plasmid preparation device, a fluorometer, and networked computer equipment and software for DNA sequence analysis. The facility will serve several laboratories where DNA sequencing is an integral part of active research projects, and will also serve as a site for genomic study through automated RFLP analysis. An additional utility of the facility will be its proximity to a biotechnology teaching laboratory, where undergraduate and graduate level classes will have the opportunity to train on the equipment. This teaching laboratory is also the site of our NSF summer program in biotechnology for college faculty, who would likewise benefit from the training opportunity. The Newark campus of Rutgers University is a unique research center combing a small but focused research community with a strong commitment to undergraduate, graduate and particularly minority education. We have added over 25 new research faculty to the campus in the last 10 years. These new faculty have all successfully competed for federal funding of their research and have also worked together to improve the educational opportunities on campus. This is demonstrated by our extensive grant-funded educational programs, including: NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support, NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate Program Award, NSF Computers in Education, NSF Summer Programs, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Initiative for Undergraduate Science Program. The addition of this core DNA sequencing facility will significantly enhance our faculty's ability to compete for future funding both in research and education. It will facilitate our simple sequencing needs and help us to attract proposed new faculty in the filed of molecular evolution.