Purchase of a Laser Flash Photolysis System for Research and Education

凭借化学研究仪器和设施计划(CRIF)的这一奖项，丹佛大学化学系将获得一套激光闪光光解系统。该设备将加强以下方面的研究：a)蛋白质的构象变化及其与门控电子转移反应的关系；b)作为调节分子识别手段的超分子支架的光切割；c)细菌信号转导系统；以及d)多氧化还原中心蛋白质中的电子流动途径。该仪器的主要用户之一来自科罗拉多大学健康科学中心；因此，这笔赠款将满足丹佛市中心两个研究和教育机构的需求。此外，这台光谱仪将被纳入丹佛大学的高级实验室课程。

With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Denver will acquire a laser flash photolysis system. This equipment will enhance research in the following studies on a) conformational changes in proteins and their relationship to gated electron transfer reactions; b) photocleavage of supramolecular scaffolds as a means of modulating molecular recognition; c) bacterial signal transduction systems; and d) the pathways of electron flow in multi-redox center proteins. One of the major users of this instrumentation is from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; therefore this grant will serve the needs of two research and education institutions in central Denver. In addition, this spectrometer will be incorporated into an advanced laboratory course at the University of Denver.