Renovation of Facilities for a Program in Biological Chemistry and Engineering

加州大学伯克利分校将获得ARI设施支持，为从事化学学院生物化学与工程独特综合项目的研究人员创建现代化设施。改造后的设施将促进在生物技术和环境研究领域工作的生物无机化学家、生物化学工程师和生物有机化学家之间的密切互动。由该奖项资助的翻新活动将直接用于改善已有30年历史的1,305平方米的Latimer Hall，并将巩固研究人员。项目活动将得到加强，因为研究人员目前分布在地理上分散的校园实验室，年龄在32岁至77岁之间。在项目开始之前，将进行为期7个月的空间评估，包括掏空大部分内部空间，安装模块化实验室单元和新的通风柜，以及升级机械、电气和管道服务，以提高安全性和效率。提供足够的设施将使基本的发现过程与发展过程更密切地联系起来。生物化学工程师将研究用于生物产品回收的分离技术，用于金属去除和回收的仿生吸附剂以及生物修复的新方法。生物无机化学家将研究对生命过程至关重要的金属离子运输，螯合剂在重金属隔离中的使用，以及可能用于增强MRI的镧系化合物。共有8名教授和117名研究生和博士后将受益于这些改进。

The University of California Berkeley will receive ARI Facilities support to create modern facilities for researchers working in a unique, integrated Program in Biological Chemistry and Engineering within the College of Chemistry. The renovated facilities will promote a strong interaction among bioinorganic chemists, biochemical engineers, and bioorganic chemists working in the areas of biotechnology and environmental research. The renovations activity funded by this award will be directed at the improvement of 1,305 square meters in 30-year old Latimer Hall and will consolidate researchers. Program activity will be enhanced as researchers are currently located in geographically distributed campus laboratories that are between 32 and 77 years old. A 7 month- long space assessment precedes the project which will involve gutting much of the interior space, installation of modular laboratory units and new fume hoods and upgrades to the mechanical, electrical and plumbing services for increased safety and improved efficiency. Provision of adequate facilities will enable the basic discovery processes to be linked more closely with the development process. Biochemical engineers will study separation techniques for the recovery of biological products, biomimetic adsorbents for metal removal and recovery and new approaches to bioremediation. Bioinorganic chemists will study metal ion transport that is essential to life processes, the use of chelating agents in the sequestration of heavy metals, and lanthanide complexes for possible use in enhancing MRI. A total of 8 professors and 117 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will benefit from these improvements.