Acquisition of a Microplate UV/visible Spectrophotometer and a Microplate Fluorometer

9810509摘要该奖项将用于购买一个微孔板紫外/可见分光光度计和一个微孔板荧光计，以提高白求恩-库克曼学院的研究和培训质量，增加实验室和环境安全。 使用这些仪器进行非放射性比色实验（可见分光光度法），如市售的ELISA和非放射性紫外分光光度法以及96样品孔格式的荧光光度法，将大大减少化学品的使用，并取代传统的放射性方法。 因此，购买这些仪器将使实验室实验更加安全，最大限度地减少环境污染，防止辐射危害。 微板分光光度计和微板荧光计可以同时读取多达96个样品，以取代过时的一杯分光光度计，从而大大方便了实验，不仅在研究实验室，而且在生物，化学和物理教学实验室。 至少有两个化学系，两个生物系和一个物理系将使用这些仪器。 此外，目前由少数民族生物医学研究支持资助的三名研究生和其他资助项目的1至2名学生将使用这些仪器。 大约25名化学专业、75名生物专业和8名物理专业的学生将接受这些仪器的实际应用培训。

9810509Abstract This award will be used to purchase a microplate UV/visible spectrophotometer and a microplate fluorometer to improve the research and training quality and increase lab and environmental safety at Bethune-Cookman College. Using these instruments for non-radioactive colorimetric experiments (visible spectrophotometry) such as commercially available ELISA and non-radioactive UV spectrophotometry and fluorescence photometry in 96-ample well format will greatly reduce the use of chemicals and replace conventional radioactive methods. Therefore, the acquisition of these instruments will make the lab experiments much safer by minimizing environmental pollution and preventing radiation hazards. The microplate spectrophotometer and microplate fluorometer can simultaneously read up to 96 samples to replace an outdated one-cuvet spectrophotometer, thereby greatly facilitating experiments not only in research laboratories but also in biology, chemistry and physics teaching laboratories. At least two of the chemistry, two of the biology faculty and one of the physics faculty will use these instruments. In addition, three research students currently funded by Minority Biomedical Research Support and 1 or 2 students from other funded programs will use these instruments. Approximately 25 chemistry majors, 75 biology majors and 8 physics majors will be trained in the practical applications of these instruments.