Expanding Contemporary Scientific Instrumentation for Molecular Exercises in Biology

该项目是对高师生物核心课程、化学和本科生研究计划中的实验室进行升级。这些目标正在通过购置荧光检测设备来实现，这些设备建立在现有仪器的基础上并与之相辅相成。改进和增加的实验室活动包括B-半乳糖苷酶表达、DNA表征、三磷酸腺苷测量、细胞离子变化、叶绿素鉴定、核酸定量、蛋白质化学、酶动力学、受体分析、化学实验，以及本科生研究项目的一些技术。此外，这些新的实验室体验的实施将使学生接触到正在迅速成为当代生物和化学领域的复杂技术。

This project is upgrading laboratories in the upper-division biology core courses, chemistry, and the undergraduate student research program. These objectives are being met with the acquisition of fluorescence detection equipment that builds on and complements existing instrumentation. Laboratory activities, both improved and added, include B-galactosidase expression, DNA characterization, adenosine triphosphate measurement, cellular ion changes, chlorophyll identification, quantitation of nucleic acids, protein chemistry, enzyme kinetics, receptor assays, chemical experiments, and a number of techniques for undergraduate research projects. Also, implementation of these new laboratory experiences will expose students to sophisticated techniques that are rapidly becoming contemporary in biology and chemistry.