Acquisition of a Preparative Ultracentrifuge and Tabletop Superspeed Centrifuge for Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research Training in Biology

为教师指导的生物学本科生研究培训购买制备型超速离心机和台式超高速离心机

• 批准号: 0115902
• 负责人: Joanne Romagni
• 金额: $ 9.24万
• 依托单位: University of Saint Thomas
• 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: 2001-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0115902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Preparative; Ultracentrifuge; Tabletop; Superspeed

Acquisition of a Preparative Ultracentrifuge and Tabletop Superspeed Centrifuge for Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research and Training in BiologyUniversity of St. Thomas, Dept. of Biology, Houston, TX 77006 A grant has been awarded to Dr. Romagni at the University of St. Thomas to acquire a preparative ultracentrifuge and supporting desktop superspeed centrifuge. It includes the cost of several necessary rotors, service for three years, and required training for personnel using the equipment. This instrumentation is an important component of departmental research strategy and fills an obvious void in the current undergraduate biology research program. The equipment will by used by undergraduate students at the University of St. Thomas, an ethnic minority serving undergraduate institution with a majority of women students, in independent research projects and in the classroom. These investigations are part of a faculty/student mentoring approach that has grown out of work originating in biology classes, and/or to research that is tied to the foci of various faculty. The equipment will also be integrated into such introductory biology classes as General Biology and, more intensively, in upper division undergraduate classes, such as Molecular Ecology, Cell Biology, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiological Ecology, and Biochemistry. Current faculty research that will utilize the acquired instruments include the molecular ecology and population dynamics of marine invertebrates used as indicators of estuarine water quality. They will also investigate the population genetics of several insect vectors of plant disease, in particular, whiteflies. Another area of research includes studies of whitefly-vectored viruses of plants. Finally, the equipment will be used for the ecophysiological/biochemical studies of plant secondary metabolites, the elucidation of their modes of action and their potential as environmentally friendly pesticides. With these funds, many of the current projects that require subcontracting of non-campus personnel to run experiments or that require faculty to complete some work off-campus, will be completed at the University of St. Thomas. This is a clearly advantageous for students who require a comprehensive laboratory experience as part of their science education. Not only will funding allow students to complete entire experiments/protocols themselves, it would also enable them to gain valuable technical skills for future work in the biological sciences and complete projects for publication in peer reviewed journals. Finally it will permit faculty to undertake research activities currently not possible because of the lack of centrifuge capabilities at their institution.

Acquisition of a Preparative Ultracentrifuge and Tabletop Superspeed Centrifuge for Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research and Training in BiologyUniversity of St. Thomas, Dept. of Biology, Houston, TX 77006 A grant has been awarded to Dr. Romagni at the University of St. Thomas to acquire a preparative ultracentrifuge and supporting desktop superspeed centrifuge. 它包括几个必要转子的成本，三年的服务以及使用设备的人员进行培训。 该仪器是部门研究策略的重要组成部分，并填补了当前本科生物学研究计划中的明显空隙。 该设备将由圣托马斯大学的本科生使用，这是一个少数民族，在大多数女学生，独立的研究项目和课堂上为本科机构服务。 这些调查是一种源自生物学课程的工作和/或与各种教师的焦点相关的研究的一部分。 该设备还将集成到诸如通用生物学等入门生物学类别中，更强烈地将上层本科班级（例如分子生态学，细胞生物学，植物生理学，植物生理生态学和生物化学）组成。 当前将利用该工具的教师研究包括用作河口水质指标的海洋无脊椎动物的分子生态学和种群动态。 他们还将研究植物性疾病的几种昆虫媒介的种群遗传学，尤其是粉状。 研究的另一个领域包括对植物的粉蝇病毒的研究。 最后，该设备将用于植物二级代谢产物的生态生理/生化研究，阐明其作用方式以及它们作为环保农药的潜力。 有了这些资金，许多当前需要将非校园人员分包的项目才能进行实验，或者需要教职员工才能完成一些校外工作，将在圣托马斯大学完成。 对于需要全面的实验室经验作为科学教育的一部分的学生来说，这显然是一个有利的优势。 资金不仅可以使学生自己完成整个实验/协议本身，还可以使他们能够获得宝贵的技术技能，以在生物科学中的未来工作，并在同行评审期刊中完成完整的项目出版项目。 最终，由于其机构缺乏离心能力，这将使教师能够从事目前无法进行研究活动。