Equipment for an Undergraduate Laboratory Program in Cellular Biology

生物系正在更新和现代化其细胞 生物学课程，特别是实验室部分，作为一个 部门课程重点的普遍转移。 这是 部分是通过获得所需的仪器来实现的， 进行细胞功能和DNA结构与功能的实验。 这些区域对细胞生物学的现代课程很重要。 以前，细胞生物学课程的实验室部分是 以一种经典的方式组织起来，用最少的实验， 分析. 随着新设备的购置， 实验结果的积累和解释， 概念和材料。 这些工具也是有用的， 遗传学和生物化学课程。 设备包括冰箱- 自动离心机、微量离心机、分析天平、pH计和凝胶 电泳仪 有了新设备， 对DNA进行基础实验 其中包括映射 限制性片段，以及酶作用和动力学分析。 受赠机构正在将NSF奖项与同等奖项相匹配 从非联邦来源获得的金额。

The Biology Department is updating and modernizing its Cell Biology course, particularly the laboratory component, as part of a general shifting of emphasis in the departmental curriculum. This is being accomplished in part by obtaining instrumentation needed to perform experiments in cell function and in DNA structure and function. These areas are important to a modern course in cellular biology. Previously the laboratory portion of the Cell Biology course was organized in a classical manner, with a minimum of experimentation and analysis. With the acquisition of the new equipment, the course uses the accumulation and interpretation of experimental results to illus- trate concepts and material. These instruments also are useful in the Genetics and Biochemistry courses. The equipment includes a refriger- ated centrifuge, microcentrifuge, analytical balance, pH meter, and gel electrophoresis apparatus. With the new equipment, undergraduates perform basic experiments on DNA. These include the mapping of restriction fragments, and analyses of enzyme actions and kinetics. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.