Sterilizers for research in biotechnology

这笔赠款用于购买实验室规模和大型灭菌器，这是生物和环境工程研究的必要设施，需要分别对基质、试剂、生物废物和培养容器进行小规模或大规模灭菌。目前，渥太华大学工程学院两个系的六个研究小组一直依赖25年前购买的两个过时的设备进行消毒操作。然而，这两个老旧的设备已经显示出明显的老化和劣化迹象，导致了严重的安全问题和频繁的研究中断。使用RTI赠款购买的消毒器将使我们能够更新这一必要的研究能力。

The grant is for purchase of a bench scale and a large scale sterilizer that are essential facilities for studies in Biological and Environmental Engineering, where sterilization of media, agents, biological wastes and cultivation vessels at small or large scale, respectively, are required. Currently, six research groups in two departments in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa have been relying on two outdated units that were purchased 25 years ago for sterilization operations. These two old units, however, have shown clear signs of aging and deterioration, causing significant safety concerns and frequent interruptions in research. The sterilizers to be purchased using the RTI grant will allow us to renew this essential research capacity.