Replacement and Consolidation of Research and Research Training Facilities of the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico

新墨西哥大学生物系正处于科学团队方法研究多学科复杂生物问题的历史性发展阶段。在过去的十年中，学院研究人员已经制定了解决地方、区域和国家层面复杂的环境和生物问题的策略。塞维利亚长期生态研究项目（LTER）和西南生物博物馆（MSB）的成功证明了该学院培养了一种合作研究的氛围，但研究人员和学生分散在三座建筑上，阻碍了该学院从新的进展中受益。美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）和新墨西哥大学（University of New Mexico）将建立合作关系，在生态学、进化论和系统学领域建立一个最先进的研究中心。来自学术研究基础设施计划和国家的资金将用于创建一个多学科计划所需的空间，该计划将MSB的基于样本的研究材料与LTER计划的基于生态的数据结合起来。在提供必要的基础设施的同时，该设施将符合ADA，消防和OSHA标准。翻新后的实验室将安装冷冻室、通风柜和橱柜。完工后，翻新的设施将在一栋建筑内合并多个项目，从而将生物研究小组的能力提高到一个水平，允许并促进科学家合作团队对复杂问题进行高度复杂的综合分析。该设施将成为该系研究培训计划的主要资产，其中包括NSF生态复杂性研究培训补助金，本科生现场研究经验计划和少数民族学生环境生物学本科指导计划。

The Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico is on the threshold of an historic advancement in the development of scientific team-approaches to multi-disciplinary, complex biological problems. Over the last decade, faculty researchers have developed strategies to address complicated environmental and biological problems at local, regional, and national levels. Having fostered an atmosphere for collaborative studies, as evidenced by the successes of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER), and the Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), the dispersal of researchers and students over three buildings has prevented the Department from benefiting from new advances. The National Science Foundation and the University of New Mexico will establish a partnership to provide a state-of-the-art research center in ecology, evolution and systematics. Funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program and the State will be used to renovate space needed to create a multi-disciplinary program that consolidates the specimen-based research materials of the MSB with the ecologically based data of the LTER program. In conjunction to providing the necessary infrastructure, the facility will conform to ADA, fire and OSHA standards. A freezer room, fume hoods, and cabinetry will be installed in the renovated laboratories. Upon completion, the renovated facility will merge programs within a single building, thus raising the capabilities of the biology research group to a level that will permit and promote highly sophisticated, integrated analyses of complex problems by collaborating teams of scientists. The facility will be a major asset to the department's research training programs, which includes an NSF Research Training Grant in Ecological Complexity, a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Program, and an Undergraduate Mentorships in Environmental Biology Program for minority students.