Life Science South Infrastructure Renovation

生命科学南方基础设施改造

• 批准号: 9414871
• 负责人: Donald Robertson
• 金额: $ 54.5万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-03-01 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9414871&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Life; Science; South; Infrastructure; Renovation

9414871 Robertson Research laboratories within the South Wing of the seventy -year old Life Sciences building at the University of Idaho will be renovated with the support of NSF funds. The renovation will develop four modern labmratories to meet the modern needs of scientists in the Departments of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MMBB) and Biological Sciences. The project will address major existing problems with temperature control, dust and mold contamination, ventilation system noise, antiquated laboratory furnishings, major deficiencies in electrical and plumbing services, negative air pressure, and inefficient design of laboratory space. The laboratories, constructed in 1924, have not been renovated for 26 years and several contain the original laboratory furnishings. Molecular techniques will be emphasized in the laboratory for plant systematics and also for vertebrate biology -- both within the department of biological sciences. A third laboratory in Biological Sciences is dedicated to cell physiology. The structural characterization of proteins will be studied in the renovated Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry space.The University of Idaho programs have grown considerably over the last decade. MMBB has twelve faculty; ten of whom faculty have been hired since 1986. Productivity in the department has increased significantly and led to development of a new undergraduate major in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Fifty graduate students are enrolled in departmental programs and nineteen undergraduates worked on research projects during the 1994 academic year. A similar impact will be felt in Biological Sciences which has nineteen faculty, 27 graduate students and five postdoctorals. Twenty undergraduates were involved in research studies during 1994. The programs emphasize recruitment and retention of students representing both genders, all ethnic groups, and the physically challenged.

爱达荷州大学有70年历史的生命科学大楼南翼内的9414871个罗伯逊研究实验室将在国家科学基金会的支持下进行翻新。此次改造将发展四个现代化的实验室，以满足微生物学、分子生物学和生物化学(MMBB)和生物科学系科学家的现代需求。该项目将解决现有的主要问题，如温度控制、粉尘和霉菌污染、通风系统噪音、陈旧的实验室家具、电气和管道服务的重大缺陷、负气压和实验室空间设计效率低下。这些实验室建于1924年，已经26年没有翻新了，其中几个实验室的家具都是原来的。分子技术将在植物系统学实验室和脊椎动物生物学实验室中得到重视--这两个实验室都在生物科学系。生物科学的第三个实验室致力于细胞生理学。蛋白质的结构特征将在翻新的微生物学、分子生物学和生物化学领域进行研究。爱达荷州大学的项目在过去十年中有了相当大的发展。MMBB有12名教职员工；其中10名教职员工自1986年以来一直在招聘。该系的生产率显著提高，并导致开设了一个新的本科专业--分子生物学和生物化学。在1994学年，有50名研究生参加了系计划，19名本科生参与了研究项目。拥有19名教员、27名研究生和5名博士后的生物科学也将感受到类似的影响。1994年，有20名本科生参加了研究性学习。这些计划强调招收和留住代表男女、所有种族和残障人士的学生。