Renovation of the Greenhouse Research Facility at the University of California, Irvine

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。这个项目是对加州大学欧文分校一个高度使用的温室研究设施的改造。翻新工程将包括：用混凝土代替地面以控制害虫，更换目前正在腐烂和腐蚀的长凳，更换过时的蒸发冷却器，改善照明以允许更多的研究延伸到冬季，增加一个新的变压器和电线，并细分温室以提供可以独立控制的室，并直接进入。不需要研究者穿越相邻的研究区域，以避免病虫害交叉污染。翻新后的设施将为生物科学学院，特别是生态和进化生物学学院的大量研究人员以及地球科学系的研究人员提供支持。该温室将用于包括进化、基因组学、生态学、生态生理学、植物-昆虫相互作用和全球变化生物学等领域的研究。改造将使在现有设施无法实现的受控条件下进行可操作的植物实验成为可能。翻新后的设施将为本科生、研究生和博士后提供更多参与研究的机会。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This project is the renovation of a highly used greenhouse research facility at the University of California, Irvine. The renovations will include: replacing earthen floors with concrete for pest control, replacing benches that are presently rotting and corroding, replacing outdated evaporative coolers, improving lighting to allow more research to extend into the winter months, adding a new transformer and electrical wiring, and sub-dividing the greenhouse to provide chambers that can be controlled independently, and accessed directly, without requiring investigator travel through the adjacent research areas in order to avoid cross-contamination of disease and pests. The renovated facility will support a large group of researchers from the School of Biological Sciences, particularly from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, as well as researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences. The greenhouse will be used for research in areas that include evolution, genomics, ecology, ecophysiology, plant-insect interactions and global change biology. The renovation will make it possible to perform manipulative plant experiments under controlled conditions that are beyond what is possible in the current facility.The renovated facility will provide an increased number of opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral associates to participate in research.