Instrumentation for a Core Undergraduate Course Laboratory in Cellular Biology.

生物科学系最近实施了一项课程修订，为所有专业设立了三门核心课程--遗传学、生态学和细胞生物学。其中，细胞生物学过去没有在这个校园里存在，遗传学需要修改。通过该项目采购的仪器正被用来向这两个核心课程的实验室部分提供最新技术。新仪器中包括教学和教师显微镜，配备了相位对比光学系统，可以更有效地观察活细胞，以及超精密仪器。这些仪器通过向本科生提供光学显微镜和分子遗传学(特别是分离细胞成分的方法)的现代技术，加强了实验室教学和学生研究项目。

The Department of Biological Sciences recently has implemented a curriculum revision involving the creation of three core courses for all majors - namely - Genetics, Ecology and Cell Biology. Of these, Cell Biology had not existed on this campus in the past and Genetics had been in need of revision. Instruments procured through this project are being used to provide current technology to the laboratory portions of both of these core courses. Included among the new instruments are teaching and instructor's microscopes equipped with phase-contrast optics that provide for more effective observation of living cells, and an ultracentriguge. The instruments are enhancing both laboratory teaching and student research projects by making the modern techniques of Light Microscopy and of Molecular Genetics (especially methods of isolating cellular components) available to undergraduates.