Acquisition of a Sequencing and Microarray Facility for Illinois State University

为伊利诺伊州立大学收购测序和微阵列设施

• 批准号: 0521194
• 负责人: Craig Gatto
• 金额: $ 13.83万
• 依托单位: Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0521194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Sequencing; Microarray; Facility; Illinois

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).

该奖项将支持在伊利诺伊州州立大学的分子核心设施（MCF）的仪器的收购。 虽然此次收购的主要重点是研究，但仪器也将用于实验室课程。来自生物科学系的六名教师（Kevin Edwards，克雷格Gatto，Brian威尔金森，John Sedbrook，大卫威廉姆斯和大卫博尔斯特），以及来自化学系的一名教师（Jon弗里森）作为高级人员参与了这一计划。 总的来说，他们负责培训4名博士后助理，18名研究生和23名本科生，他们将使用拟议的仪器。 这些研究人员研究广泛的生物学问题，包括植物和动物对压力的生理反应，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空间大学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。 我们目前提供的课程（并计划增加课程）旨在利用MCF支持的技术。本提案所列的所有用户都在其实验室积极培训了代表性不足的群体的成员。MCF的这种新设备将有利于我们正在进行和计划中的社区外展活动，包括来自哈特兰社区学院（5英里远）的教师和学生的演示，以及与包括伊利诺伊州卫斯理大学（2英里远）和米利金大学在内的文科学院的持续合作。(20 mi away）。