A Research-Oriented, Evolution-Based Biochemistry Laboratory

最近科学进步的很大一部分发生在传统科学学科的交叉点上。化学本科学生的培养必须反映当前化学研究的跨学科性质。考虑到这一目标，化学系设立了化学理学学士学位，重点是生物化学。该学位为学生在生物化学和医学方面的研究生工作以及在快速发展的生物技术行业中令人兴奋的职业机会做好了更好的准备。新学位以生物化学高级实验室为特色，该实验室整合了两门生物化学课程的概念。实验室以进化为主题，为学生提供合作研究的体验。这种新方法满足了几个教学目标，包括教授各种各样的生化技术，加强对生物学化学基础的欣赏，说明生命的统一性和多样性，提供研究经验，并支持以团队为导向的方法来调查问题的发展。三个离心机、一个电泳装置、蛋白质纯化设备和一个分光光度计是提供实际应用于研究实验室的生化技术实践经验的新设备。该项目极大地缩小了本科教育与学术和工业实验室实际研究之间的差距。＊

A significant portion of recent scientific progress has taken place at the interface of the traditional science disciplines. It is imperative that the training of undergraduate chemistry students reflects the current interdisciplinary nature of chemical research. With this goal in mind, the Department of Chemistry has established a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a biochemistry emphasis. This degree better prepares students for graduate work in biochemistry and medicine and for exciting career opportunities in the rapidly expanding biotechnology industry. The new degree features an advanced laboratory in biochemistry, which integrates the concepts covered in the two biochemistry lecture courses. The laboratory is using the theme of evolution and providing the students with a collaborative research experience. This new approach satisfies several pedagogical objectives, including teaching a wide variety of biochemical techniques, reinforcing an appreciation of the chemical basis of biology, illustrating both the unity and diversity of life, providing a research experience, and supporting the development of a team-oriented approach to investigating a problem. Three centrifuges, an electrophoresis setup, protein purification equipment, and a spectrophotometer are among the new equipment providing hands-on experiences with biochemical techniques actually used in research laboratories. The program is greatly reducing the gap between undergraduates' education and actual research done in academic and industrial laboratories. *