Biotechnology Academic and Research Facilities Modernization Project

生物技术学术和研究设施现代化项目

• 批准号: 9415096
• 负责人: Shirley Kovacs
• 金额: $ 14.81万
• 依托单位: California State University-Fresno
• 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: 1995-09-01 至 1997-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9415096&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Academic; Research; Facilities; Modernization

The California State University, Fresno (CSUF), is the only state-supported university serving the rapidly growing central San Joaquin Valley with a metropolitan population that includes a significant proportion of minorities. To begin to meet the needs of a scientifically skilled workforce for the next millennium, CSUF has implemented an interdisciplinary program in biotechnology, with a research training component to provide students, educators, and community scientists with additional opportunities to learn advanced technology for academic and industrial pursuits. The desire for laboratory research experiences, coupled with increasing interest in exploring the realms of biochemistry and molecular biology among students for Master-s and undergraduate degrees, has strained the research space limitations of the architectural design of the original building. This award from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will augment and reorganize a small portion of current space in the Biology and Chemistry Departments into viable biotechnology research space. In conjunction to remodeling space, renovations will include reconfiguring work benches, upgrading a coldroom and environmental room, and consolidating space for a sterilization and washroom facility. The renovated areas will increase the quality of space for students to conduct biotechnology experiments and analysis, and provide better access to research equipment throughout the year. CSUF serves as a research resource for the central California region, and the Biotechnology Program in addition to developing strong academic research programs, incorporates community outreach efforts as an important component to its research activities. This project will not only enhance the Biotechnology Program, but will also stimulate minority students to pursue careers in this scientific discipline.

加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校（CSUF）是唯一一所州立大学，服务于快速发展的圣华金山谷中部，其中包括相当大比例的少数民族人口。为了满足下一个千年对科学技术劳动力的需求，CSUF实施了一个跨学科的生物技术项目，其中包括研究培训部分，为学生、教育工作者和社区科学家提供额外的机会来学习学术和工业追求的先进技术。对实验室研究经验的渴望，加上硕士和本科生对探索生物化学和分子生物学领域的兴趣日益浓厚，使原建筑设计的研究空间限制变得紧张。这项来自学术研究基础设施计划的拨款将扩大和重组目前生物系和化学系的一小部分空间，使其成为可行的生物技术研究空间。在改造空间的同时，翻新将包括重新配置工作台，升级冷藏室和环境室，并巩固用于消毒和盥洗室设施的空间。改造后的区域将提高学生进行生物技术实验和分析的空间质量，并全年提供更好的研究设备。CSUF作为加州中部地区的研究资源，生物技术项目除了开发强大的学术研究项目外，还将社区外展工作作为其研究活动的重要组成部分。该项目不仅将加强生物技术项目，而且将激励少数民族学生从事这一科学学科的职业。