Acquisition of a Sequencing and Microarray Facility for Illinois State University

该合同将支持为伊利诺伊州立大学的分子核心设备(MCF)购买仪器。虽然收购的主要重点是研究，但仪器也将用于实验室课程。生物科学系的六名教职员工(凯文·爱德华兹、克雷格·加托、布莱恩·威尔金森、约翰·塞德布鲁克、大卫·威廉姆斯和大卫·博斯特)和化学系的一名教职员工(乔恩·弗里森)作为高级人员参与了这项提议。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工具。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/宿主的相互作用。各级培训一直是执行支助股研究活动的主要组成部分。本科生和研究生以及博士后研究员将能够将这些重要的研究工具纳入他们的技能库中。我们目前提供课程(并正在计划增加课程)，旨在利用母婴健康基金支持的技术。该提案所包括的所有用户都在其实验室积极培训了任职人数不足的群体的成员。MCF的这些新设备将有利于我们正在进行和计划中的社区外展活动，包括为哈特兰社区学院(5英里外)的学生提供讲师和示范，以及与伊利诺伊州卫斯理大学(2英里外)和密利金大学(20英里外)等文科大学正在进行的合作。

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).