ACQUISITION OF VAX MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM FOR BIOLOGICAL RE

加州大学洛杉矶分校的生命科学系在全国名列前茅， 主要的优势是在NIH资助的分子研究领域 利用重组DNA技术进行生物学研究。我们也有强大的NIH资助 神经生理学和现代生物学其他领域的课程。一种常见的 在所有这些不同的研究小组之间运行的线索在不断增加 对现代计算工具的需求。当前的科学计算 加州大学洛杉矶分校的情况对于正在进行的研究类型来说并不是最佳的 在生命科学领域。由办公室运行的IBM 3033大型机 学术计算(OAC)不能提供交互计算类型 是大多数生命科学研究人员所需要的，而且几乎没有 这个系统上的软件是专门为生活研究而设计的 科学。在过去的几年里，DEC VAX小型机已经成为 用于生命科学领域的主计算机和大量软件 专门为在这台计算机上运行而编写，以满足以下研究需要 现代生物学已经成为可能。有几台VAX小型机 已经在校园里了，但他们要么致力于特定的研究需求 或在使用上受限。由于对交互计算的这一要求 致力于生命科学研究的特定需求的设施，请访问 加州大学洛杉矶分校，我们想提交一份新的VAX小型机的建议书。

The departments of Life Sciences at UCLA rank among the best in the nation, with a major strength being in the area of NIH-funded research in molecular biology using recombinant DNA technology. We also have strong NIH-funded programs in Neurophysiology and other areas of modern biology. A common thread that runs between all these diverse research groups in an increasing need for modern computing tools. The current scientific computing situation at UCLA is not optimal for the type of research being carried on in the Life Science field. The IBM 3033 mainframe run by the Office of Academic Computing (OAC) cannot provide the type of interactive computing required by the majority of Life Science researchers, and there is little software on this system specifically designed for research in Life Science. In the last few years the DEC VAX minicomputer has become the main computer used in the Life Science field and a huge amount of software written specifically to run on this computer for the research needs of modern biology has become available. There are several VAX minicomputers already on campus, but they are either dedicated to specific research needs or limited in usage. Due to this requirement for an interactive computing facility dedicated to the specific needs of research in Life Sciences at UCLA, we would like to submit this proposal for a new VAX minicomputer.