Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction in Biotechnology

该项目涉及重组DNA和蛋白质分析的现代方法，这些程序是目前生物技术研究和开发的基础。这一领域在过去十几年中迅速发展，这种情况使许多在较早时期接受培训的生物科学教师几乎没有或没有直接的相关经验。该项目通过为大学教师提供必要的专业知识来解决这一鸿沟，将这些要素引入他们的本科课程。为期六周的紧张练习是该项目的核心，在该练习中，20名参与者每人掌握基本技术。为了向教师提供权威的经验基础，这项工作使用符合研究标准的设备和程序进行。认识到大学教员在讲授本科课程时必须在财政和时间限制下运作，研讨会还调查了适合教学环境的低成本和省时的实验模式。除了培养技术技能外，这项工作还侧重于方法背后的原则，以及通过每天举行的小组讨论将其延伸到研究前沿的问题。为了与该领域目前的研究更切实地联系起来，每周将留出一天时间，由教员助理进行研讨会和实验室访问，他们将讨论研究工作，因为它说明了生物技术的应用。

This project deals with modern methods of recombinant DNA and protein analysis, procedures that underlie much of current research and development in biotechnology. This field has evolved rapidly over the past dozen years, a situation that has left many bioscience teachers, trained in an earlier period, with little or no immediate relevant experience. The project addresses this gulf by providing college faculty with the expertise necessary to introduce these elements into their undergraduate programs. An intense six-week practicum is at the core of the project, in which each of the 20 participants masters the fundamental techniques. To provide the teachers with an authoritative base of experience the work is conducted using equipment and procedures consistent with research standards. Recognizing that college faculty must operate within financial and time constraints in presenting undergraduate courses, the workshop also investigates low-cost and time-efficient experimental modes that are appropriate to the teaching setting. In addition to developing technical skills, the work focuses on principles underlying the methods and their extension to problems at the forefront of research through group discussions held daily. To make the connection with current research in the field more tangible, one day per week will be set aside for seminars and laboratory visits conducted by faculty associates, who will discuss the research work as it illustrates applications in biotechnology.