Equipment for Improving Undergraduate Laboratory Work in Cellular and Molecular Biology

这个项目的重点是分子生物学的研究和教育。新生一般生物学实验室正在重新设计，更强调分子生物学和生物技术。修订后的课程也有利于高年级课程，如细胞生物学和遗传学。更多的机会也提供给个别分子生物学学生的研究项目。现在更复杂的技术和实验包括细胞培养、蛋白质和核酸分析、南方杂交、基因文库的准备、聚合酶链反应的使用、使用个人电脑对生成数据进行统计分析以及DNA测序。总体而言，该项目使完成普通生物学，细胞生物学和分子遗传学课程的学生能够以累积的教育方式获得几乎所有主要分子生物学技术的经验。本课程也期望学生为个人的本科研究项目和分子生物学的使用技术做好准备。

This project focuses on investigations and education in molecular biology. Freshmen general biology laboratories are being redesigned with more emphasis on molecular biology and biotechnology. The revised curriculum also benefits upper division courses such as cell biology and genetics. More opportunities are also available for individual molecular biology student research projects. More complex techniques and experiments now include cell culturing, protein and nucleic acid analysis, Southern hybridization, preparation of gene libraries, use of polymerase chain reaction, statistical analysis of generated data using personal computers, and DNA sequencing. Overall, the project enables students who complete the general biology, cell Biology, and molecular genetics courses to gain experience in virtually all of the major molecular biology techniques in a cumulative, educational manner. It is also expected that students will be well prepared for individual undergraduate research projects and use techniques in molecular biology.