Renovation of the Harding Laboratory

美国国家科学基金会和纽约植物园（NYBG）将共同支持大约131平方米的研究翻新，以增强系统和经济植物学的实验室设施。受影响的实验室自1957年最初建造以来一直没有翻修过。因此，它们没有配置或机械服务于分子植物系统学，它们不符合现代健康和安全标准。教师和研究生无法进行现场研究和培训，不得不前往当地附属实验室，有时甚至前往州外的实验室。翻新将包括更换两个过时的通风柜，安装带有接地故障插座的新电线，升级供水和排水系统，安装恒温控制，更换蒸汽散热器上的疏水阀和阀门，拆除未使用的蒸汽管道，以及翻新实验室橱柜，地板，墙壁，天花板和实验室工作台台面。分子系统学实验室的改造将为NYBG的研究和研究培训计划增添新的动力，并将直接使5名研究科学家、3名博士后和15名分子生物学研究生受益。分子研究计划使研究人员能够跟踪来自不同生物群体的物种中相同基因的进化，这反过来又为植物进化史提供了新的见解。这个花园也被来访的科学家使用，他们中的许多人从拉丁美洲来学习，并与当地三所大学有合作项目。

Stevenson The NSF and the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will jointly support the renovation of approximately 131 square research meters for the enhancement of laboratory facilities in systematic and economic botany. The impacted laboratories have not been renovated since their original construction in 1957. As a result, they are not configured, or mechanically served, for molecular plant systematics, and they do not meet modern health and safety standards. Faculty and graduate students have been unable to conduct on-site research and training and have had to travel to local affiliated laboratories and, on occasion, to laboratories located out of state. Renovations will include replacement of two antiquated fume hoods, installation of new electrical wiring with ground fault receptacles, upgrading of water delivery and drainage systems, installation of thermostatic controls, replacement of traps and valves on steam radiators, removal of unused steam lines, and refurbishment of laboratory cabinets, floors, walls, ceilings, and lab bench tops. The renovation of laboratories for use in molecular systematics will add new impetus to the research and research training program at NYBG and will directly benefit five research scientists, three post doctoral students, and fifteen graduate students in molecular biology. The molecular research program allows researchers to track the evolution of the same gene in species from widely different groups of organisms, which in turn provides new insight on plant evolutionary history. The Garden is also used by visiting scientists, many of whom travel from Latin America for study and has cooperative programs with three local universities.