MRI: Aquisition of a Molecular Ecology and Systematics Laboratory at Cincinnati Museum Center

分析生命的能力？S的遗传密码彻底改变了生物学。由于分子遗传学工具的应用，生态学和进化生物学在过去二十年中经历了复兴。辛辛那提博物馆中心(CMC)即将进入基于分子的生态学和进化论研究的现代时代。CMC动物学馆长小赫尔曼·梅斯博士将通过国家科学基金会颁发的重大研究仪器奖，在CMC开发一个有效的分子遗传学实验室。来自当地机构联盟的教育工作者和研究人员，包括公立和私立高中，小型学院和大学，包括泽维尔大学和托马斯·莫尔学院，以及其他机构，如辛辛那提动物园和植物园，将在从高中到研究生的各级教育中利用CMC的这一设施，并使用这些工具在生态学和进化生物学的基础和应用研究中使用分子遗传学工具。此外，这些仪器将允许在CMC的近30万个动物标本上进行无数研究项目，并通过与实验室相关的展品和编程来教育普通公众关于遗传学、生态学和进化论的知识。

The ability to analyze life?s genetic code has revolutionized biology. Ecology and evolutionary biology in particular have experienced a renaissance during the past two decades due to the application of molecular genetic tools. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is well poised to enter the modern age of molecular-based studies in ecology and evolution. Dr. Herman Mays Jr., CMC zoology curator, will develop a working molecular genetics laboratory at CMC through a Major Research Instrumentation award from the National Science Foundation. Educators and researchers from a consortium of local institutions including public and private high schools, small colleges and universities including Xavier University and Thomas More College, and other institutions such as the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden will utilize this facility at CMC in education at every level, from high school to graduate students, and use these instruments to employ molecular genetic tools in basic and applied research in ecology and evolutionary biology. Additionally, these instruments will allow a myriad of research projects to be conducted on the nearly 300,000 zoology specimens at CMC and used to educate the general public about genetics, ecology and evolution through exhibits and programming tied to the laboratory.