Acquisition of a Sequencing and Microarray Facility for Illinois State University

该合同将支持伊利诺伊州立大学分子核心设施（MCF）的仪器采购。虽然收购的主要重点是研究，但仪器也将用于实验课程。来自生物科学系的六名教员（Kevin Edwards, Craig Gatto, Brian Wilkinson, John Sedbrook， David Williams和David Borst）和化学系的一名教员（Jon Friesen）作为高级人员参与了该提案。他们共同负责培训4名博士后助理、18名研究生和23名本科生，这些学生将使用拟议的仪器。这些研究人员研究了广泛的生物学问题，包括植物和动物对应激的生理反应、发育生物学、脂质生物化学、行为生态学、内分泌学和寄生虫/宿主相互作用。各级培训一直是国际滑联研究活动的主要组成部分。本科生和研究生以及博士后将能够将这些重要的研究工具纳入他们的技能库。我们目前提供的课程（并正在计划额外的课程）旨在利用MCF支持的技术。本建议中包括的所有用户都在其实验室积极培训代表性不足群体的成员。MCF的新设备将有利于我们正在进行的和计划中的社区外展活动，包括为哈特兰社区学院（5英里）的学生提供教师和示范，以及与伊利诺斯卫斯理大学（2英里）和米利金大学（20英里）等文理学院的持续合作。

This award will support the acquisition of instrumentation for the Molecular Core Facility (MCF) at Illinois State University. Although the primary focus of the acquisition is research, the instrumentation will also be used in laboratory courses.Six faculty members from the Department of Biological Sciences (Kevin Edwards, Craig Gatto, Brian Wilkinson, John Sedbrook, David Williams, and David Borst), and one from the Department of Chemistry (Jon Friesen) participate as senior personnel on this proposal. Collectively, they are responsible for the training of four post-doctoral associates, 18 graduate students, and 23 undergraduate students that would use the proposed instrumentation. These researchers study a wide range of biological questions including physiological responses to stress in plants and animals, developmental biology, lipid biochemistry, behavioral ecology, endocrinology, and parasite/host interactions. Training at all levels has always been a major component of research activities at ISU. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows will be able to incorporate these important research tools into their repertoire of skills. We currently offer courses (and are planning additional courses) targeted towards capitalizing on the technologies supported by the MCF. All the users included in this proposal have actively trained members of underrepresented groups in their laboratories. This new equipment for the MCF will benefit our ongoing and planned community outreach initiatives involving instructors and demonstrations for students from Heartland Community College (5 mi away) and ongoing collaborations with liberal arts colleges including Illinois Wesleyan U (2 mi away) and Millikin U. (20 mi away).