A Comparative Animal Physiology Teaching Laboratory That Explores Cellular, Systems and Organismal Physiological Phenomena

探索细胞、系统和生物体生理现象的比较动物生理学教学实验室

• 批准号: 9650536
• 负责人: Alexa Tullis
• 金额: $ 2.62万
• 依托单位: University of Puget Sound
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-15 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Comparative; Animal; Physiology; Teaching; Laboratory

This project enhances the training of upper-division undergraduate students in the broad field of comparative animal physiology. The goal is to develop a comprehensive comparative physiology curriculum where students employ modern equipment and techniques to study all levels of physiological organization. The new equipment being used to introduce students to cellular and whole animal physiology makes it possible to offer more rigorous and up-to-date exercises for students taking the animal physiology course and to increase the sophistication of, and possibilities for, senior thesis research projects. At the cellular level, the new amplifiers enable students to perform intracellular recordings and study basic principles of cellular and membrane physiology. At the organismal level, the oxygen analyzer enables students to determine the metabolic costs of small terrestrial animals during activity. The program design can be adapted to any biology program that emphasizes laboratory training, and the department is prepared to communicate the results of the laboratory innovations through presentations, publications, and the Internet. In summary, this project can improve the education of upper-level students in the core curriculum, provide a model physiology laboratory program for upper-division undergraduates, and enrich the possibilities for substantive collaborative student/faculty research. Finally, it is likely that this project can ultimately result in research publications that influence the field of comparative animal physiology.

该项目加强了对高年级本科生在比较动物生理学广泛领域的培训。目标是开发全面的比较生理学课程，让学生利用现代设备和技术来研究各个层次的生理组织。用于向学生介绍细胞和整个动物生理学的新设备可以为参加动物生理学课程的学生提供更严格和最新的练习，并提高高级论文研究项目的复杂性和可能性。 在细胞水平上，新型放大器使学生能够进行细胞内记录并研究细胞和膜生理学的基本原理。在有机体水平上，氧气分析仪使学生能够确定小型陆生动物在活动期间的代谢成本。该项目设计可以适应任何强调实验室培训的生物学项目，并且该部门准备通过演示、出版物和互联网传达实验室创新的结果。 综上所述，该项目可以改善高年级学生的核心课程教育，为高年级本科生提供示范性生理学实验室项目，丰富师生实质性合作研究的可能性。最后，该项目最终可能会发表影响比较动物生理学领域的研究出版物。