Undergraduate Laboratory Instrumentation For Cell Biology

通过该奖项提供的新仪器，以及该部门已经拥有的设备，正在支持创建一个重要的新的中央实验室设施，用于教授细胞生物学。该设施提供七个高级生物组件。在这些课程中，有四门是全日制课程；其余三门课程利用预先安排的学术时间表设施进行实验室练习，需要细胞生物学仪器。这种新设备正被用于制备和分析活细胞。主要项目包括层流罩，荧光显微镜，红外气体分析仪和扫描分光光度计。由于购置了这台设备，细胞生物学的核心课程得到了实质性的升级。该项目允许开发新的细胞生物学实验、低级别演示和改进现有的实验室练习。这些改进为课程带来了最先进的技术，并加强了现代细胞生物学原理的教学，从而使本科生更好地为未来的工作和/或研究生学习做好准备。受资助者将从非联邦来源获得与NSF奖金相当的数额。

The new instruments provided through this award, along with equipment already held by the department, is supporting the creation of an important new central laboratory facility for teaching cellular biology. The facility serves seven upper biology component. Of these courses, four use the facility on a full-time basis; the remaining three courses utilize the facility on a pre-arranged academic schedule to conduct laboratory exercises which require cell biology instrumentation. The new equipment is being used for the preparation and analysis of living cells. Major items include laminar flow hoods, a fluorescence microscope, an infrared gas analyzer, and a scanning spectrophotometer. As a direct result of the acquisition of this equipment, the core curriculum in cell biology is being substantially upgraded. The project permits the development of new cell biology experiments, lower division demonstrations, and the improvement of existing lab exercises. These improvements are bringing stte-or-the-art techniques to the curriculum and reinforcing the teaching of modern cell biology principles, thus better preparing undergraduates for future jobs and/or graduate studies. The grantee is matching the NSF award with a slightly greater sum obtained from non-Federal sources.