Renovation of Chemistry Research Facilities at Saint Louis 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。该奖项支持圣路易斯大学校园孟山都大厅实验室空间的改造。在目前的条件下，实验室温度波动大，湿度控制差，窗户灰尘过多，漏风漏水，天花板管道有冷凝水滴落。该奖项的资金将使该部门能够完成老化实验室的翻新，改善空间的环境质量和实验结果的准确性，并通过翻新目前用于研究的旧实验室来增加可用研究空间的数量。直接受到影响的研究领域包括生物化学、纳米材料的合成和应用、金属碳硼烷配合物的合成和表征、自组织（如振荡和模式形成）对复杂电化学系统反应性质的影响、旋转扩散研究、芳香族化合物的非共价相互作用、利用基于微芯片的分析系统研究各种生物系统。分子生物学，生物电催化，以及RNA基序的热力学和结构特征。除了研究生和本科生外，化学系还包括来自圣路易斯地区的高中生。该大学位于圣路易斯的城市核心，使传统上在科学和技术领域代表性不足的群体能够自然参与。实验室的改进将允许培养更多的本科生、研究生和高中生。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award supports renovation of laboratory space in Monsanto Hall on the campus of Saint Louis University. Under the present conditions, the laboratories have large temperature fluctuations, poor humidity control, excessive dust and leakage of air and water from windows, and condensation dripping from pipes in the ceiling. Funding from this award will enable the Department to complete renovation of aging labs, improve the environmental quality of the space and accuracy of experimental results, and increase the amount of available research space by renovating old, laboratories currently used for research. The research areas that will be directly affected include biochemistry, the synthesis and application of nanomaterials, the synthesis and characterization of metallacarborane complexes, the effects of self-organization (such as oscillations and pattern formation) on the reactive properties of complex electrochemical systems, studies of rotational diffusion, non-covalent interactions of aromatic compounds, the use of microchip-based analytical systems to study various biological systems, molecular biology, bioelectrocatalysis, and the thermodynamics and structural features of RNA motifs. In addition to graduate and undergraduate students, the Chemistry Department involves high school students from across the St. Louis area in research. The location of the University within the urban core of St. Louis enables natural participation from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in science and technology. The laboratory improvements will allow training of more undergraduate, graduate, and high school students.