Laboratory Equipment to Support a New Undergraduate Course in Biotechnology

植物和动物生物技术领域利用活的有机体或 其组成部分在基础和应用研究， 工业过程。 为了应对这一巨大的潜力， 纽约的州立大学生物系， 学院在Occupta已经开发了一个生物技术研究选项， 本科生 在这个学习选项的关键课程是一个学期 跨学科课程，名为生物技术。 本课程提供 向学生介绍生物技术的基本技术 以及它们背后的理论 为了实现这一点，植物细胞 生物学家，微生物学家，遗传学家和生物化学家团队教学 这门课为学生的讲课提供必要的背景， 实验室和演示。 国家科学基金会的奖项使这个部门 购买启动该项目所需的两个主要仪器--一个细胞 融合系统和一个桌面超级电脑

The areas of plant and animal biotechnology utilize living organisms or their components in both basic and applied research and also in industrial processes. In response to the vast potential offered by this field, the Biology Department at the State University of New York- College at Oneonta has developed a Biotechnology Study Option for undergraduates. The key course in this study option is a one-semester interdisciplinary course entitled Biotechnology. This course provides students with an introduction to the basic techniques of biotechnology and the theory behind them. In order to accomplish this, a plant cell biologist, a microbiologist, a geneticist, and a biochemist team-teach the course, providing the necessary background to students' lectures, laboratories, and demonstrations. The NSF award enables this department to purchase two major instruments needed to launch the program -- a cell fusion system and a tabletop ultracentrifuge.