A Laboratory Curriculum for Gene Chip Technology

该奖项为加州大学洛杉矶分校首席研究员James C. Liao博士提供了为期三年的联合研究课程开发奖，题为“基因芯片技术的实验室课程”。开设一门新的基因芯片技术实验课程。本课程的目的是教育学生在这一前沿领域的生物技术。基因芯片技术将微加工工艺与生物分子识别相结合，已经开始给生命科学和生物医学产业的研究和应用带来革命性的变化。这一新兴领域既需要生物知识，也需要工程人才。工程师在生命科学研究和相关行业中发挥着前所未有的重要作用。本课程的目的是传授基因晶片制造和基因晶片数据处理的基本原理。学生将应用该技术研究大肠杆菌的基因表达谱，大肠杆菌是一种对生物技术和生物医学都很重要的微生物。结果将通过互联网作为数据库发布。本课程将采用多媒体及网络教学。教学发展方面的专业知识将用于课程开发和评估。

This award provides funding to the University of California at Los Angeles, Dr. James C. Liao, Principal Investigator, for a three year Combined Research-Curriculum Development award entitled, "A Laboratory Curriculum for Gene Chip Technology." A novel laboratory course for gene chip technology will be developed. The purpose of this course is to educate students in this cutting-edge area of biotechnology. Gene chip technology combines microfabrication processes with biomolecular recognition, and has begun to revolutionize research and application of life sciences and the biomedical industry. This emerging field draws on engineering talents as well as biological knowledge. Engineers have an unprecedented, significant role to play in life science research and related industry. The objective of this course is to impart the basic principles of gene chip fabrication and the processing of gene chip data. Students will apply the technology to investigate the gene expression profiles of E coli, a microorganism of importance to both biotechnology and biomedicine. Results will be published as a database via the Internet. Multi-media and web-based instruction will be used in the course. Expertise in instructional development will be used for course development and evaluation.