Uses of Gas and High Performance Liquid Chromatographs for Undergraduate Instruction

曼卡托州立大学（MSU）生物科学系包括对本科生进行定量培训，以培养生物学家和环境科学家在未来十年所需的技能。将购买惠普气相色谱仪（GC）和高效液相色谱系统（HPLC），以促进生物学课程的教学，包括环境科学、毒理学和微生物学，并鼓励密歇根州立大学更多跨学科本科课程和项目的发展。气相色谱和高效液相色谱是检测和定量各种基质中有机化学物质的重要工具。在七门课程中设计了实验练习和课堂专题，以指导学生了解每种仪器的理论、优点、局限性和正确使用。课程项目将涉及使用这些仪器来确定水、土壤/沉积物、生物流体/组织和空气中的人为有机化合物。仪器用途将包括测量有机体中有机化合物的积累和相关的生物标记酶水平、天然产物和农药的转化。本科生也可以在他们的独立研究项目中使用这些仪器。

Mankato State University's (MSU) Department of Biological Sciences includes quantitative training of undergraduates to develop skills necessary for biologists and environmental scientists in the next decade. A Hewlett Packard gas chromatograph (GC) and high performance liquid chromatography system (HPLC) are to be purchased to facilitate instruction in Biology programs, including Environmental Sciences, Toxicology, and Microbiology, as well as encourage development of more interdisciplinary undergraduate courses and projects at MSU. The GC and HPLC are essential tools for the detection and quantification organic chemicals in a variety of matrices. Laboratory exercises and class projects have been designed in seven courses to instruct students in the theory, advantages, limitations, and proper use of each instrument. Course projects will involve use of these instruments to determine anthropogenic organic compounds in water, soil/sediments, biological fluids/tissues and air. Instrumental uses will include measurement of the accumulation of organic compounds in organisms and associated biomarker enzyme levels, natural products and the transformation of pesticides. Undergraduate students will also have access to these instruments for their independent study research projects.