Integrating Current Technology Across the Biochemistry Curriculum.

为了应对国家趋势和地方需求，生物与物理系和化学系在从四个学期转到学期时引入了跨部门的生物化学选项(1998年秋季)。我们的目标是让我们通勤校园的学生为各种与生物化学相关的职业做好最好的准备。在计划这一选择时，我们确定了一个主要问题：学生在三个关键领域(蛋白质、酶和核酸)和三个一般领域(净化、光谱、计算机技术)缺乏足够的实验室接触。因此，我们的目标是通过文图拉学院(国家科学基金会奖9750770)和密歇根科技大学(国家科学基金会奖9152722)的模式，将这些领域的当前技术整合到课程中。该项目影响了从入门到高级的六门课程。为了促进这一步骤，我们正在引进蛋白质和核酸的电泳/分析设备、微量平板阅读器、冷藏台式离心机和个人计算机(供实验室使用)。该项目影响到生物化学选修生、化学和生物学学生以及由三名教员指导的本科生。为了支持这一项目，我们：1)建立一个咨询委员会，听取工业界、研究生院和专业学校的持续投入；2)将生物化学设备集中放置在科学与数学学院内，以便于使用。其成果是实验室经验，促进学生学习最新技术和相关文献报告，易于获得的生物化学实验室设备，以及具有持续响应我们领域不断变化的需求的机制的计划。

In response to national trends and local needs, the Department of Biology & Physics and the Department of Chemistry have introduced a cross-departmental Biochemistry Option upon conversion from quarters to semesters (Fall, 1998). Our goal is to best prepare students at our all-commuter campus for a variety of biochemistry-related careers. While planning the option, we identified a main concern: students lack adequate laboratory exposure in three key areas (proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids) and three general areas (purification, spectroscopy, computer technology). Thus, our objective is to integrate current technology in these areas across the curriculum adapting the models at Ventura College (NSF award DUE 9750770) and Michigan Technological University (NSF award DUE 9152722). The project affects six courses spanning from the introductory to the senior level. To facilitate this step, we are introducing equipment for electrophoresis/analysis of proteins and nucleic acids, a microtitre plate reader, a refrigerated table-top centrifuge, and personal computers (for lab use). The project impacts Biochemistry Option students, chemistry and biology students and undergraduate research students supervised by three faculty. In support of this project, we: 1) establish an advisory board for ongoing input from industry, graduate schools and professional schools and 2) centrally locate biochemistry equipment within the College of Science and Mathematics for accessibility. The outcomes are laboratory experiences which facilitate student learning of current technology and related literature reports, readily accessible biochemistry laboratory equipment, and a program with a mechanism for continued response to the changing needs of our area.