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

分析生命的能力？人类的遗传密码彻底改变了生物学。特别是生态学和进化生物学在过去的二十年里经历了一次复兴，这是由于分子遗传工具的应用。辛辛那提博物馆中心（CMC）已经准备好进入生态学和进化中基于分子的研究的现代时代。小赫尔曼·梅斯医生CMC动物学馆长，将通过国家科学基金会的主要研究仪器奖在CMC建立一个工作分子遗传学实验室。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，将利用CMC的这一设施进行各级教育，从高中到研究生，并利用这些仪器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工具。此外，这些仪器将允许在CMC的近30万个动物学标本上进行无数的研究项目，并通过与实验室相关的展览和编程，用于教育公众有关遗传学，生态学和进化。

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.