A Novel Integrated Laboratory for Plant and Animal Physiology

新型动植物生理学综合实验室

• 批准号: 0088138
• 负责人: Mary Williams
• 金额: $ 4.97万
• 依托单位: Harvey Mudd College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-01-01 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0088138&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Novel; Integrated; Laboratory; Plant; Animal

Biological Sciences (61) To fully understand how organisms work, biologists in the post- genomic era must find new ways to incorporate our abundant molecular data into the larger context of cellular and organismal physiology. Towards this end, we are strengthening the physiology curriculum at Harvey Mudd College by adding a new Comparative Physiology Laboratory. This course accompanies a sophomore- level lecture course, Structure and Function, which covers cellular, animal, and plant physiological mechanisms. The laboratory course uses the novel approach of presenting physiology as a set of unique solutions to common problems. Animal, plant and fungal models are being used as systems in which to examine energetics, ionic regulation and signaling. The course is structured to allow both breadth and depth. During the first nine weeks, students perform a wide range of exercises, many of which are adapted from other successful laboratory courses developed at other institutions (e.g., Grinnell College, Swarthmore College, Pomona College, University of New Hampshire). In a second meeting each week, students complete each exercise by developing a testable hypothesis about the system. These hypotheses provide the starting point for self- initiated research projects designed, carried out and presented by students in the final five weeks of the course.

为了充分了解生物体如何工作，后基因组时代的生物学家必须找到新的方法，将我们丰富的分子数据纳入细胞和生物体生理学的更大背景中。为此，我们正在通过增加一个新的比较生理学实验室来加强哈维穆德学院的生理学课程。本课程附有一个二年级的讲座课程，结构与功能，涵盖了细胞，动物和植物的生理机制。实验室课程采用新颖的方法，将生理学作为一套独特的解决方案来解决常见问题。动物、植物和真菌模型正被用作研究能量学、离子调节和信号传导的系统。该课程的结构允许广度和深度。在前九周，学生进行广泛的练习，其中许多是改编自其他机构开发的其他成功的实验室课程（例如，格林内尔学院、斯沃斯莫尔学院、波莫纳学院、新罕布什尔州大学）。在每周的第二次会议中，学生通过开发关于系统的可测试假设来完成每个练习。这些假设为学生在课程的最后五周设计、执行和提出的自发研究项目提供了起点。