Equipment to Modernize Undergraduate Laboratories for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

通过这个奖项购买的设备被用来使学生能够通过发展实验室实验和独立研究项目来研究分子生物学原理。具体目标是将分子遗传学、基因融合和分子生物化学的基本理论原理包括在系遗传学课程和生物化学课程中，生物化学课程由生物系和化学系联合开设。需要在这些课程中提供“动手”的实验室体验，以便直接说明重要的理论原理，同时极大地扩大注册本科生研究计划的学生的机会。该项目将使Roberts Wesleyan的学生第一次能够参与分子生物学中可重复实验的开发。这项工作的一个特点是，它为迅速扩张的重组DNA技术领域提供了高级专业。

Equipment purchased through this award is being used to enable students to investigate principles of molecular biology through the development of laboratory experiments and independent research projects. Specific objectives are to include the basic theoretical principles of molecular genetics, gene fusions and molecular biochemistry in the Department's Genetics course and also in Biochemistry -- a course offered jointly by the Biology and Chemistry departments. The need is to provide a "hands- on" laboratory experience in these courses in order to directly illustrate important theoretical principles, while greatly expanding opportunities for students who enroll in the undergraduate research program. The project will enable Roberts Wesleyan students for the first time to participate in the development of reproducible experiments in molecular biology. One feature of the effort is the introduction it provides advanced majors to the rapidly expanding field of recombinant DNA technology.