MRI/RUI: Acquisition of Growth Chambers for Undergraduate and Faculty Research on Genetic and Environmental Interactions

MRI/RUI：获取生长室用于本科生和教师的遗传与环境相互作用研究

• 批准号: 0320911
• 负责人: Jennifer Sadowski
• 金额: $ 12.59万
• 依托单位: Viterbo University, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0320911&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; RUI; Acquisition; Growth; Chambers

A grant has been awarded to Viterbo University under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Sadowski, Principal Investigator, and Dr. Glena Temple, co-Principal Investigator, for a project to strengthen faculty-directed undergraduate research experiences in the Biology Department. This grant award investigates the interacting role of the environment and genes on the expression of traits in insects and plants. The grant award will support the purchase of four large and two small growth chambers, each with stringent environmental controls, including light and temperature. Presently there are no growth chambers on campus suitable to conduct this research; borrowed space at a remote greenhouse has been an inadequate substitute. The new growth chambers will enable students and their faculty mentors to simulate multiple, precisely controlled environments to examine the interacting effects of genes and the environment.Research is an essential component of the undergraduate curriculum at Viterbo University. All seniors in the Natural Science Division are required to work with a faculty mentor to develop a testable hypothesis, design and implement the appropriate experiments, and formally present their results. The growth chambers will be used to investigate genetic and environmental interactions in both plants and insects. Over half of the students in the Biology department, working with faculty members, will use the requested instrumentation for their capstone research projects each year. Projects include studying the interacting effects of the environment and genes on the social and mating behaviors in insects, and analyzing the biochemical and genetic adaptations that plants make in response to environmental stress. The faculty members involved will collaborate with others both within and outside the university to conduct research of high intellectual merit, which will lead to peer-reviewed publications and presentations at scientific meetings with undergraduates. The acquisition and use of the new growth chambers will greatly enhance the educational experience of students at Viterbo University and support high quality research. This facilities enhancement is expected to encourage more students to pursue advanced degrees in the sciences, particularly women and first generation college students who form a large percentage of Viterbo's student body.

维泰博大学在首席研究员詹妮弗·萨多夫斯基博士和共同首席研究员格莱娜·坦普尔博士的指导下，获得了一笔赠款，用于一个加强生物系教师指导的本科生研究经验的项目。 该奖项旨在研究环境和基因对昆虫和植物性状表达的相互作用。 这笔赠款将用于购买四个大型和两个小型的生长室，每个生长室都有严格的环境控制，包括光线和温度。 目前，校园里没有适合进行这项研究的生长室;在偏远的温室里借来的空间已经不足以替代。 新的生长箱将使学生和他们的教师导师能够模拟多种精确控制的环境，以研究基因和环境的相互作用。研究是维泰博大学本科课程的重要组成部分。 自然科学部的所有高年级学生都必须与教师导师合作，制定可检验的假设，设计和实施适当的实验，并正式提出他们的结果。 生长室将用于研究植物和昆虫的遗传和环境相互作用。 超过一半的学生在生物系，与教师合作，将使用要求的仪器为他们的顶点研究项目，每年。 项目包括研究环境和基因对昆虫社会和交配行为的相互作用，以及分析植物对环境压力的生化和遗传适应。 参与的教师将与大学内外的其他人合作，进行高智力价值的研究，这将导致同行评审的出版物和在与本科生的科学会议上的演讲。 新生长箱的购置和使用将大大增强维泰博大学学生的教育体验，并支持高质量的研究。 这一设施的改善预计将鼓励更多的学生攻读科学高级学位，特别是妇女和第一代大学生，他们在维泰博的学生中占很大比例。