Equipment and Facilities for Research

Harlyn Halvorson博士是海洋生物学中心主任， 位于马萨诸塞州的伍兹霍尔实验室。 MBL一直是一个重要的 国际海洋研究中心成立以来 1888. 该实验室仍然是各种研究的活跃场所 居民和来访的科学家。 哈尔沃森博士计划 通过收购实验室，提高实验室的研究能力 仪器（两台离心机和一台在线气相色谱仪 燃烧系统的实验室的质谱仪）和监测 气象和水文数据站，并通过扩大 现有的计算机网络到几个建筑物。 这些改进建议将扩大研究范围 在实验室进行，并将为访问科学家提供 更多地使用MBL校园内的计算设施， 在他们的家乡机构。 添加气相色谱仪 会大大减少 精确测量同位素比率所需的体积，从而 增加了可以采样的环境范围， 分析了 这些物品将使海洋生物实验室能够 继续为研究界提供出色的服务。

Dr. Harlyn Halvorson is the Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. MBL has been an important international center for marine research since its founding in 1888. The Lab continues to be an active locus of diverse research by resident and visiting scientists. Dr. Halvorson plans to improve the research capabilities of the Lab by acquiring lab instruments (two centrifuges and an on-line gas chromatograph combustion system for the Lab's mass spectrometer) and a monitoring station for meteorological and hydrological data, and by extending the existing computer network to several buildings. These proposed improvements will expand the range of research conducted at the Lab, and will provide visiting scientists with much greater access to computing facilities on the MBL campus and at their home institutions. The addition of the gas chromatograph to the mass spectrometer will significantly reduce the sample volume needed for precise measurements of isotopic ratios, thereby increasing the range of environments that can be sampled and analyzed. These items will allow the Marine Biological Lab to continue its outstanding service to the research community.