Biotechnology Training Enhancement at Moorhead State University

穆尔黑德州立大学生物技术培训强化

• 批准号: 9750937
• 负责人: Mark Wallert
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: Minnesota State University Moorhead
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-15 至 1999-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9750937&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Training; Enhancement; Moorhead; State

This project is designed to enhance training in the fields of biology and chemistry related to the areas of biotechnology. The focus of the project is to establish an interdepartmental degree in biotechnology as a joint effort of the biology and chemistry departments. This degree will be designed as a laboratory intensive, research rich experience. The degree will culminate in all students being members of a research team performing a project under the supervision of a faculty member. Students will be encouraged to submit successful research projects to be presented at local and regional scientific meetings. This degree will prepare students to seek employment in research positions related to the growing agriculture based molecular genetics and pharmaceutical industries in this region of the country as well as providing training for students interested in application to graduate school. The introductory courses in the core of this new biotechnology degree will be comprised of courses currently offered as part of both the biology and chemistry majors at Moorhead State University. The majority of these courses have been converted to an investigative laboratory format to enhance student involvement and enthusiasm for science. The equipment purchased will allow additional exercises to be added to the laboratory portion of several of these large enrollment introductory courses in order to give students the background and experience required for upper division courses in biotechnology. The benefit of using courses which are already part of the biology and chemistry majors to initiate this new degree is that all students taking courses in the two departments will be exposed to new techniques and have the opportunity to learn more about molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry research.

该项目旨在加强与生物技术领域相关的生物和化学领域的培训。该项目的重点是建立一个跨系的生物技术学位，作为生物和化学系的共同努力。该学位将被设计为实验室密集型、研究丰富的经验。该学位最终将使所有学生成为一个研究团队的成员，在一名教员的监督下完成一个项目。将鼓励学生提交成功的研究项目，并在当地和地区科学会议上提交。该学位将为学生在与该国该地区日益增长的以农业为基础的分子遗传学和制药行业相关的研究职位上寻找工作做好准备，并为对申请研究生院感兴趣的学生提供培训。这一新的生物技术学位的核心入门课程将包括目前作为穆尔黑德州立大学生物和化学专业的一部分提供的课程。这些课程中的大部分已转换为研究性实验室的形式，以加强学生对科学的参与和热情。购买的设备将允许在其中几门招生人数较多的入门课程的实验室部分增加额外的练习，以便为学生提供生物技术高级课程所需的背景和经验。利用生物和化学专业已有的课程开设这个新学位的好处是，所有在这两个系学习课程的学生都将接触到新技术，并有机会了解更多关于分子和细胞生物学以及生物化学研究的知识。