Instrumentation for Molecular Analysis of Marine Organisms

分子技术已经彻底改变了生物海洋学的许多领域。南佛罗里达大学海洋科学系的研究人员正在进行病毒和鱼类的遗传多样性、光合作用固碳的分子调节和有孔虫的应激反应等课题的研究。需要仪器来加强这些正在进行的研究，并促进海洋生物遗传学和分子生物学的新研究领域。要求的仪器包括用于定量分子探测的分子成像系统、用于快速分析荧光染色或自体荧光样品的荧光显微成像系统以及用于细胞、微生物学和分子生物学中无数用途的超荧光显微镜。我们的校园目前没有所要求的仪器，它的收购将大大提高我们了解海洋生命分子方面的能力。

Molecular techniques have revolutionized many areas of biological oceanography. Research on topics ranging from genetic biodiversity of viruses and fishes, the molecular regulation of photosynthetic carbon fixation, and stress responses in foraminifera is being conducted by investigators at the University of South Florida's Department of Marine Science. Instrumentation is requested to augment these ongoing studies and to stimulate new areas of research on the genetics and molecular biology of marine organisms. The instrumentation requested includes a Molecular Imaging System for quantitative molecular probing, Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging Systems for rapid analysis of fluorescently stained or autofluorescent samples, and a Preparative Ultracentrifuge for a myriad of uses in cell, micro- and molecular biology. None of the requested instrumentation currently exists on our campus and its acquisition will greatly improve our capabilities to understand molecular aspects of life in the oceans.