Improvement of the Undergraduate Microbiology Laboratory through the Addition of Chromatography Equipment

该项目的目标是提高教育经验的广度和平衡，并在一组现有的本科微生物学课程中提高学生的实验熟练程度。获得可编程温度的气液色谱设备有助于实验室介绍重要的概念、原理和程序，这些概念、原理和程序以前只能在这些课程的课堂部分中描述。利用新获得的设备结合教育经验与微生物学系教员的意图是一致的，即向学生介绍微生物学的传统分析方法，并强调它们在这些领域知识发展中的价值。结果应该是毕业生为研究生学习或在生物技术岗位就业做好了更好的准备。

The goal of this project is to improve the breadth and balance of educational experiences and to increase students' experimental proficiencies within a group of existing undergraduate Microbiology courses. The acquisition of temperature-programmable gas-liquid chromatographic equipment is faciliating the laboratory introduction of important concepts, principles, and procedures which previously could only be described in the lecture portion of these courses. The incorporation of educational experiences utilizing the newly acquired equipment is consistent with the Microbiology Department faculty's intent to introduce students to conventional analytical procedures in Microbiology, and to emphasize their value in the development of knowledge in these areas. The result should be graduates who are much better prepared for graduate studies or for employment in biotechnical positions.