Expanding Laboratory Experiences in the Cell and Molecular Biology Curricula of Biology Majors

小行星9452386 通过购置需要精确控制环境的实验设备，提高了上师生物学核心课程和本科生研究计划的实验室能力，并使其多样化。 增加的仪器包括控制室、落地式培养箱振荡器、振荡水浴、热循环仪、DNA测序仪和电穿孔系统。实验室活动增加到课程包括：细菌转化，质粒制备，DNA测序，基因扩增和瞬时表达，并在分子生物学中的核糖核酸酶保护;蛋白质合成，蛋白质分离和生物化学细胞代谢的研究;细胞ATP测定和细胞增殖的动力学细胞生物学;以及一些本科生研究项目的定性和定量技术。

9452386 Kowles Laboratory capabilities in upper division biology core courses and the undergraduate student research program have been improved and diversified by the acquisition of equipment for conducting experiments that require precisely controlled environments. The added instrumentation includes a control chamber, floor model incubator shaker, shaker water bath, thermocycler, DNA sequencing apparatus, and an electroporation system. Laboratory activities added to the curriculum include: bacteria transformation, plasmid preparation, DNA sequencing, gene amplification and transient expression, and RNase protection in molecular biology; studies in protein synthesis, protein isolation, and cellular metabolism in biochemistry; cellular ATP determination and the dynamics of cell proliferation in cell biology; and a number of qualitative and quantitative techniques for undergraduate research projects.