Instrumentation to Improve Undergraduate Instruction in Physiology and Cellular Biology.

通过这个奖项，一个现代化的、以高科技为导向的生理学实验室正在配备，以支持生理学和细胞生物学课程。这些课程构成了生物学课程不可分割的一部分，是学生理解生命过程的基础。对生物现象的解释越来越多地在生化水平上寻求，并通过采用复杂的、面向仪器的技术来实现，例如细胞成分的放射性标记、酶活性和代谢浓度的分光光度分析以及将复杂混合物分离为其单独成分的色谱程序。正在增加一台UV/VIS分光光度计、一台高压液相色谱系统，以及一台提供仪器控制和数据分析的计算机连接设备。至少有三门课程直接受益。此外，正在开发一门新的仪器课程。在现代分子生物学领域，使用这些技术和辅助仪器的技能的重要性仅次于学生对他们所使用的生物学概念的理解。

A modern, high technology-oriented physiology laboratory to support the physiology and cell biology courses is being equipped through this award. These courses constitute an integral part of the Biology program and are fundamental to the students' understanding of life processes. Explanations of biological phenomena are increasingly sought at the biochemical level, and are arrived at by employing sophisticated, instrument-oriented techniques such as radioactive labeling of cellular components, spectro-photometric analyses of enzyme activities and metabolic concentrations, and chromatographic procedures for separating complex mixtures into their individual components. A UV/VIS spectrophotometer, a high pressure liquid chromatographic system, and a computer link-up that provides instrument control and data analysis are being added. At least three courses are benefitting directly. In addition, a new instrumentation course is being developed. In the field of modern molecularly-oriented biology, skill in the use of these techniques and supportive instruments is second only in importance to the students' understanding of the biological concepts for which they are employed.