RR-03-011, Extramural Research Facilities Construction *

RR-03-011，校外研究设施建设*

• 批准号: 6862294
• 负责人: James F. Kurose
• 金额: $ 709.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-14 至 2012-12-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6862294
• 关键词: Extramural Activities; Extramural Research Facilities Construction Project

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to renovate approximately 23,400 (gross) square feet of research space in the Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC), Towers A and C, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The space to be renovated is presently shared between the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) and Chemistry. The LGRC, a 350,000 square foot complex of research labs, classrooms and offices designed in the late 1960s, is inefficient in terms of space utilization and does not promote interactions between research groups or sharing of equipment. The proposed renovation will remove non-load-bearing walls to increase the total amount of available space and to promote intergroup interactions by placing multiple research groups in shared space. Interactions will also be enhanced by creation and improvement of shared instrumentation space and a centrally located seminar room. The scientific goal of this project is to enhance and expand research efforts at the interface between the biological and physical sciences, which is a high priority for BMB and Chemistry as well as the Department of Physics. The University also views this research collaboration as a high priority (see letter from Chancellor John Lombardi). An existing NIH predoctoral training grant, the Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) Program, supports Ph.D. students in three of the laboratories that will be affected by the renovation. The renovated space will provide space for five existing faculty laboratories, which encompass both sides of the CBI Program, as well as space for two new faculty laboratories. Additionally, nearby space vacated by two of the faculty laboratories slated to move into renovated space will accommodate two additional faculty members. Each of these new faculty laboratories will add research strength to the life science/physical science interface group.

描述（由申请人提供）： 要求提供资金，以翻修马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学A座和C座Lederle研究生研究中心约23 400（毛）平方英尺的研究空间。待翻新的空间目前在生物化学和分子生物学（BMB）和化学部门之间共享。LGRC是20世纪60年代末设计的一个35万平方英尺的研究实验室，教室和办公室综合体，在空间利用方面效率低下，并且没有促进研究小组之间的互动或设备共享。拟议的翻修将拆除非承重墙，以增加可用空间的总量，并通过将多个研究小组置于共享空间来促进小组间的互动。还将通过建立和改善共用仪器空间和一个位于中心的研讨室来加强互动。 该项目的科学目标是加强和扩大生物和物理科学之间的接口的研究工作，这是BMB和化学以及物理系的高度优先事项。该大学还认为这种研究合作是一个高度优先事项（见校长约翰·隆巴迪的信）。现有的NIH博士前培训补助金，化学/生物学接口（CBI）计划，支持博士学位。学生在三个实验室，将受到改造。翻新后的空间将为五个现有的教师实验室提供空间，包括CBI计划的两个方面，以及两个新的教师实验室。 此外，附近的空间腾出的两个教师实验室预定搬进翻新的空间将容纳两个额外的教师。这些新的教师实验室中的每一个都将为生命科学/物理科学接口组增加研究力量。