RUI: Acquisition of Major Equipment for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

这项提案要求提供资金，以获得一个超级中心， 维斯分光光度计、液体闪烁计数器和 HPLC系统。 所有项目将用于几项研究 让本科生参与研究的项目。 这些项目包括：（a）调节参与下列活动的基因： 蓝细菌的细胞分化，（B）蓝细菌的进化 （c）生物化学 和分子生物学的研究;（四） 唾液中的营养成分在胡蜂社会进化中的作用 (e)热带林下植物的生态学和生理学， (f)肠道寄生虫的碳水化合物和能量代谢。

This proposal requests funds to obtain an ultracentrifuge, a UV.VIS spectrophotometer, a liquid scintillation counter and an HPLC system. All items will be used in several research programs that involve undergraduate students in the research. The projects include: (a) the regulation of genes involved in cell differentiation in cyanobacteria, (b) evolution of flavoniods in the plant family Onagracieae, (c) biochemistry and molecular biology of pine wilt nematode, (d) the role of nutritional components of saliva in social evolution of wasps, (e) ecology and physiology of tropical understory plants and (f) carbohydrate and energy metabolism in intestinal parasites.