Reinvigorating Biotechnology at Southern Oregon University

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。南俄勒冈州大学（SOU）是一所以本科教育和研究为重点的文科院校。南俄勒冈州大学的生物学和化学系最近建立了一个本科生研究机构，致力于研究生物技术的跨学科领域。 该奖项将提高生物技术研究中心的研究和研究培训能力，并将其发展为教师和学生进行尖端研究的最先进设施。生物技术研究中心是SOU的一个支持性环境，让本科生学习使用分子方法，并了解这些技术在不同研究问题中的应用。该中心拥有使用分子方法进行研究所需的设备和用品，提供功能工作台空间，并作为教师和学生之间的互动论坛，这些项目共享一些方法。该合同将使SOU能够购买和安装最新的固定设备，并促进翻新，使实验室空间现代化。它是众多学生研究项目的一个组成部分，并通过特定的课程为数十名高年级生物学和化学学生提供研究培训。 因此，该中心是帮助SOU培养未来科学家的宝贵设施。翻新该中心将纠正基础研究和安全需求方面的不足。具体而言，该项目包括升级和/或安装通风橱、DNA提取室、显微镜空间、带高效微粒空气过滤器的真空管道、蒸馏水、安全淋浴和足够的工作台空间。然后，SOU将为SOU越来越多的对分子和细胞生物学和生物化学领域感兴趣的学生提供一个现代化，更安全的研究环境。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Southern Oregon University (SOU) is a liberal arts institution with a focus on undergraduate education and research. The Departments of Biology and Chemistry at Southern Oregon University recently established an undergraduate research facility dedicated to study in the interdisciplinary fields of biotechnology. This award will enhance the research and research training capabilities of the Biotechnology Research Center and develop it as a state-of-the-art facility for faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge research. The Biotechnology Research Center is a supportive environment at SOU for undergraduate students to learn to use molecular methods and to understand the application of these techniques to diverse research questions. The Center houses equipment and supplies needed for research using molecular methods, provides functional bench space, and serves as a forum for interaction between faculty and students working on diverse projects that share some methodology. This award will enable SOU to purchase and install up-to-date fixed equipment and facilitate renovations to modernize the lab space. It is an integral component of numerous student research projects and provides research training to dozens of upper-division biology and chemistry students through specific courses. Thus, the Center is an invaluable facility in helping SOU train tomorrow's scientists.Renovating the Center will correct deficiencies in basic research and safety needs. Specifically, this project includes the upgrade and/or installation of a fume hood, DNA extraction room, microscopy space, vacuum lines with HEPA filtration, distilled water, safety shower and adequate bench space. SOU will then provide a modern, safer research environment for SOU's growing body of students interested in the fields of molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry.