Acquisition of Instrumentation for Analysis of Materials and Energy Flux in Biological Systems

研究生物获取、利用和转化能量和材料的方式是生物科学中许多领域的核心，包括动植物生理学、生态学和生物地球化学。密西西比大学生物系将新建一个专门从事此类测量的实验室--密西西比大学生物系统能量和材料通量分析实验室。该实验室将配备仪器，用于检查从细胞到生态系统等复杂程度的生物系统之间和之间的能量和物质通量。利用实验室现有的仪器，可以精确、实时和长期地测量生物生产力和呼吸速率、能量和材料的同化效率以及生物组织体系中无机和有机物质的转化。该实验室旨在成为密西西比大学其他系和其他机构的研究人员和学生之间合作研究的催化剂。学生的研究方法培训将通过教师个人指导的本科生和研究生研究项目，以及包括植物学、生态学、微生物学、湖沼学和生理学在内的现有实验室课程来完成。新实验室将包括(1)卡洛尔巴碳-氢-氮-硫分析仪，(2)岛津总有机碳分析仪，(3)两台惠普(HP)气相色谱仪，(4)Li-COR光合作用系统，(5)PARR 1266氧弹量热仪，(6)Technicon连续流动自动分析仪。密歇根大学生物系统能量和材料通量分析实验室将为生物中介的能量和材料转换研究提供一个独特的中心，有助于吸引各种背景的人才投身生物科学事业。

9977494AbstractExamination of the ways organisms acquire, utilize, and transform energy and materials is at the core of many fields in the biological sciences including plant and animal physiology, ecology, and biogeochemistry. A new laboratory is to be constructed in the University of Mississippi Department of Biology that will specialize in such measurements, the University of Mississippi Laboratory for Analysis of Energy and Materials Flux in Biological Systems. The laboratory will be equipped with instrumentation for examination of fluxes of energy and materials through and between biological systems at levels of complexity ranging from cells to ecosystems. Precise, real-time, and long-term measurements of rates of biological productivity and respiration, assimilation efficiencies of enery and materials, and transformations of inorganic and organic materials across a heirarchy of biological organization will be possible using the instrumentationavailable in the laboratory. The laboratory is intended to be a catalyst for collaborative studies between researchers and students in other departments at the University of Mississippi, and at other institutions. Training of students in research methodologies will be accomplished through individual faculty-supervised undergraduate and graduate research projects, and through established laboratory courses including botany, ecology, microbiology, limnology, and physiology. Instruments to be included in the new laboratory include, (1) a Carlo Erba carbon-hydrogen-nitrogen-sulfur analyzer, (2) a Shimadzu total organic carbon analyzer, (3) two Hewlett-Packard gas chromatographs, (4) a Li-Cor Photosynthesis System, (5) a Parr 1266 oxygen bomb calorimeter, and (6)a Technicon continuous-flow autoanalyzer. The UM Laboratory for Analysis of Energy and Materials Flux in Biological Systems will provide a unique center for studies of biologically-mediated energy and materials transformations, helping to attract talented individuals of all backgrounds to careers in biological science.