Improvement of Undergraduate Biology Curriculum Through Bright-Field and Fluorescent Microscopy

资金被用来购买高质量的显微镜，具有明亮的视野，荧光和摄影能力。该仪器将成为遗传学入门课程、细胞遗传学课程和免疫学课程中实验室练习的重点。它在细菌学、胚胎学和组织学课程中使用程度较低，也将用于独立研究项目。在遗传学课程中，重点是染色体。设计了几个实验室练习和学生研究项目，以使学生参与需要照片和荧光显微镜的细胞遗传学和免疫学技术。这为学生（其中许多是少数群体的成员）提供了使用生物研究基本工具的技术知识和专门知识。这所大学将提供相当于奖金的金额。

Funds are being used to purchase a high quality microscope with bright-field, fluorescent, and photographic capabilities. This instrument is to be the focus of lab exercises in the introductory genetics course, a cytogenetics course, and an immunology course. It is to be used to a lesser degree in bacteriology, embryology, and histology courses, and will also be used in independent research projects. In the genetics courses, attention is focused on chromosomes. Several laboratory exercises and student research projects have been designed to involve students in cytogenetics and immunological techniques which require photo- and fluorescent microscopy. This provides students, many of whom are members of minority groups, with technical knowledge and expertise in the use of an instrument fundamental to biological investigations. The university will contribute an amount equal to the award.