Core--Environmental and biological chemistry

环境和生物化学核心作为该计划中所有项目的化学分析。它操作带有各种探测器的气相色谱仪，原子吸收分光光度计，电感耦合等离子体质谱仪和k - x射线荧光仪器。核心协助开发标准操作程序，建立每个目标化合物的质量保证和质量控制协议。此外，核心参与实验室间比较，以确保我们的设施产生的结果与其他实验室在其他地方进行的研究具有可比性。核心B的基本功能包括：-设备维护-项目样品流的实验室管理-质量保证/质量控制-博士生的培训和监督-新方法开发-与其他实验室的科学家和/或外国访问科学家合作完成共同感兴趣的任务-遵守环境和职业安全法规。核心B功能的重大增强值得注意：分子生物学核心单元的发展。核心的这一部分旨在为分子端点读出服务提供仪器和专业知识，帮助开发和应用这些分子程序以满足研究者的需求，并为实验室方案提供质量保证和质量控制。

The Environmental and Biological Chemistry Core serves as a chemical analysis for all projects in the program. It operates gas chromatographs with various detectors, an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer, and a K-X-ray fluorescence instrument. The Core assists in development of standard operating procedures and establishment of quality assurance and quality control protocols for each target compound. In addition, the Core participates in inter-laboratory comparison to ensure that results generated by our facility are comparable with studies performed elsewhere in other laboratories. The basic functions of Core B include: - Maintenance of equipment - Laboratory management of sample flow for projects - Quality assurance/quality control - Training and supervision of doctoral students - New method development - Collaboration with scientists from other laboratories and/or visiting scientists from foreign countries on mutually interesting tasks - Compliance with environmental and occupational safety regulations A major enhancement to Core B function is noteworthy: development of a Molecular Biology Core Unit. This portion of the Core aims to provide instrumentation and expertise for molecular endpoint readout services, help develop and apply these molecular procedures for investigator needs, and provide quality assurance and quality control for laboratory protocols.