RUI: Acquisition of Automated DNA Sequencing Equipment for East Carolina University

瑞：为东卡罗来纳大学收购自动DNA测序设备。这笔奖金连同东卡罗来纳大学的配套资金将用于购买一台应用生物系统公司的377自动DNA测序仪、一台Silicon Graphics 2000并行处理计算机系统、一台梯度可编程热循环仪和一套自动化的质粒DNA纯化系统，用于振兴和扩大集中式DNA测序设施。七名主要研究人员和几名次要研究人员以及他们的学生将使用中央设施对涵盖生物科学不同方面的密集研究进行排序。具体地说，DNA测序的深入研究包括分子系统发育和生物地理学、硬骨鱼免疫系统的特征进化、进化和功能、脊椎动物进化发育生物学、细胞器-核基因组基因调控、植物胁迫反应的基因调控和光合膜蛋白复合体的结构组成。东卡罗来纳州生物系有一个强大的研究计划，非常重视培养本科生和硕士研究生的研究能力。该系提供生物学和生物化学学士学位和生物学、分子生物学和生物技术硕士学位。选择分子生物学和生物技术专业的本科生人数以及分子遗传和生物技术硕士学位的人数显着增加。该大学正在增加生物信息学、分子生物学、分子遗传学、蛋白质纯化和结构分析等课程。这项奖励将通过允许中心在这些课程中提供最先进的设备来促进这些课程的提供。

RUI: Acquisition of Automated DNA Sequencing Equipment for East Carolina University. This award, combined with matching funds from East Carolina University, will be used to purchase an Applied Biosystems 377 automated DNA sequencer, a Silicon Graphics 2000 parallel processing computer system, a gradient programmable thermal cycler and an automated plasmid DNA purification system for revitalization and expansion of the centralized DNA sequencing facility. Seven principal and several minor investigators, as well as their students, will use the centralized facility for sequencing intensive research covering diverse aspects of the biological sciences. In specific, this DNA sequencing intensive research includes molecular phylogenetics and biogeography, character evolution, evolution and function of the teleost immune system, vertebrate evolutionary developmental biology, organellar-nuclear genome gene regulation, gene regulation of stress response in plants and structural organization of photosynthetic membrane protein complexes. The Department of Biology at East Carolina has a strong research program that places a heavy emphasis on training undergraduate and Master's level graduate students in research. The department offers Bachelor's degrees in Biology and Biochemistry and Master's degrees in Biology and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. The number of undergraduates electing the molecular biology and biotechnology areas of concentration and the number of Master's degrees in Molecular Genetic and Biotechnology has increased significantly. The University is adding courses in bioinformatics, molecular biology, molecular genetics, and protein purification and structure analysis. This award will facilitate these course offerings by allowing the Center to provide access to state-of-the-art equipment in these courses.