Use of a Personal Densitometer for the Mini-Project Approachto Curriculum Enrichment in the Undergraduate Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratories

使用个人密度计进行本科生物化学和生理学实验室课程丰富的小型项目方法

• 批准号: 9751426
• 负责人: Mary Lou Caspers
• 金额: $ 1.37万
• 依托单位: University of Detroit Mercy
• 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: 1997-08-01 至 1999-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9751426&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Use; Personal; Densitometer; Mini; Project

The Chemistry and Biology faculty are dedicated to the continued development of an undergraduate laboratory curriculum that enables our students to be successfully trained in the current methodologies necessary to compete within the contemporary scientific community. Thus, we are evaluating a mini-research project approach in upper-level biology, biochemistry and chemistry laboratories which will allow students to develop their own problem-solving skills with the proper supervision necessary to ensure that they are exposed to a wide variety of research and instrumental approaches. Through the acquisition of a personal densitometer new experiences will be introduced into our undergraduate biochemistry and physiology laboratories which will extend and strengthen the mini-research project concept. At present, experiments requiring the quantitation of electrophoretic blots or autoradiograms cannot be performed. The wide use of densitometry in biological and biochemical research makes it imperative that our undergraduates appreciate the sensitivity and versatility of this technique. The personal densitometer will also be used in undergraduate research projects that are currently underway in the chemistry and biology departments. Implementation of the mini-project approach to the biochemistry and physiology laboratories, as well as the new experiments designed for the personal densitometer, will be shared with colleagues within a professional forum. In summary, the impact of a personal densitometer in our undergraduate laboratory curriculum cannot be understated. Use of the personal densitometer, within the framework of the project-orientated laboratory, will significantly enhance our undergraduate biochemistry and biology programs. It will allow us to provide our students, many of whom are under-represented minorities and women, the strong foundation in biochemistry and physiology necessary to pursue their goals of and advanced degree of professional employment.

化学和生物学教师致力于本科实验室课程的持续发展，使我们的学生能够成功地接受在当代科学界竞争所必需的当前方法的培训。 因此，我们正在评估上层生物学，生物化学和化学实验室的小型研究项目方法，这将使学生能够在必要的适当监督下发展自己解决问题的技能，以确保他们接触到各种各样的研究和工具方法。 通过个人密度计的收购新的经验将被引入到我们的本科生生物化学和生理学实验室，这将扩大和加强小型研究项目的概念。 目前，无法进行需要定量电泳印迹或放射自显影的实验。 密度测定在生物和生物化学研究中的广泛应用使得我们的本科生必须了解这种技术的灵敏度和多功能性。 个人密度计也将用于本科研究项目，目前正在进行的化学和生物系。 生物化学和生理学实验室的小型项目方法的实施，以及为个人密度计设计的新实验，将在专业论坛中与同事分享。 总之，个人密度计在我们的本科实验室课程的影响不能低估。 在以项目为导向的实验室的框架内使用个人密度计，将显着提高我们的本科生生物化学和生物学课程。 它将使我们能够为我们的学生，其中许多人是代表性不足的少数民族和妇女，在生物化学和生理学方面的坚实基础，以追求他们的目标和专业就业的高级学位。