Enhancement of Molecular Biology Instruction Across the Biology Curriculum

加强整个生物学课程的分子生物学教学

• 批准号: 9850441
• 负责人: Farah Sogo
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: University of La Verne
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9850441&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancement; Molecular; Biology; Instruction; Across

A new Molecular Biotechnology course will be offered beginning the January lnterterm of 1999. "Hands on" work with techniques will enhance student understanding of their uses as well as stimulate student interest in science. The course is an attempt to enhance exposure of biology majors to this relatively new and actively growing field. The course immerses students in daily laboratories and lectures over a one month period and will provide an opportunity for the students to become intimate with modern techniques as well as experimental design. The experiments involve the cloning of the URA3 gene from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The students will subclone the gene after extensive restriction analysis. The gene will also be analyzed using PCR, Southern analysis and DNA sequencing. The instrumentation requested is a critical component of this course and will also be used for new laboratories in General Biology, Life Science, Microbiology as well as demonstrations in Cell biology. Our institution contains a significant number of Hispanics and first generation students. More than half of the student body is female. This course will provide students the opportunity to explore biotechnology as a career choice and will give them the background to become excited about post-graduate possibilities in molecular biological studies.

从1999年1月期中开始将开设一门新的分子生物技术课程。“动手”的工作与技术将提高学生的理解，他们的用途，以及激发学生对科学的兴趣。本课程旨在提高生物学专业学生对这一相对较新且不断发展的领域的了解。该课程让学生沉浸在一个月的日常实验室和讲座中，并将为学生提供一个机会，让他们熟悉现代技术和实验设计。该实验涉及从酿酒酵母中克隆URA3基因。学生们将在广泛的限制性分析后亚克隆基因。还将使用PCR、Southern分析和DNA测序来分析该基因。所要求的仪器是本课程的重要组成部分，也将用于普通生物学，生命科学，微生物学的新实验室以及细胞生物学的演示。我们的机构包含大量的西班牙裔和第一代学生。一半以上的学生是女性。本课程将为学生提供探索生物技术作为职业选择的机会，并为他们提供背景，使他们对分子生物学研究的研究生可能性感到兴奋。