Biosafety Hood and Ultra low temp freezer

人们对微生物在机会性人类感染中所起作用的认识不断增强，这促使人们在对这些微生物及其净化进行研究时提高了警惕。布洛克大学的几个实验室一直在利用过时的、现已被禁止的台式程序来培养和操纵几种微生物。在这项提案中，来自三个实验室(Bidochka、Hunter和Carlone)的研究包括致病真菌、西尼罗河病毒、大肠杆菌基因克隆和细胞培养。为了遵守加拿大公共卫生局(2004)的实验室生物安全指南，以及实施良好的研究方案，我们需要一个至少符合二级标准的生物安全罩。我们还需要一个超低温冷冻机，以帮助保存真菌、病毒和细胞培养的库存培养物。

Increased awareness of the role that microorganisms play in opportunistic human infections has led to greater vigilance when performing research with these microorganisms and their decontamination.  Several laboratories at Brock University have been utilizing outdated and, now prohibited, bench-top procedures in the culture and manipulation of several microorganisms. In this proposal, research from three laboratories (Bidochka, Hunter and Carlone) include studies on pathogenic fungi, West Nile virus, gene cloning with Escherichia coli and cell culture.  In order to be in compliance with Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines, Public Health Agency of Canada (2004) as well as to practise good research protocol we require a Biosafety Hood that complies with, at least, Level 2 standards. We also request an ultra-low temperature freezer to assist in maintaining stock cultures of fungi, viruses and cell cultures.