Improvement of Botanical and Ichthyological Collections and Facilities for Molecular Research

阿拉巴马大学的植物和鱼类学收藏是环境生物学教育和研究的重要国家和地区资源。这种支持将通过为新的分子系统学实验室提供收集和研究设备的移动压实机系统，大大加强这些收集和研究活动。收藏和实验室将被安置在一个新的17000平方英尺的地方。在一个新的科学收集设施（112,000平方英尺）的空间。耗资800万美元，由大学建造的新中心将集中所有大学、博物馆和地质调查局的藏品以及相关的分子研究。这种支持将缓解馆藏拥挤，提供5年的馆藏增长，并大大扩大新分子实验室的教育和研究潜力。

The botanical and ichthyological collections at the University of Alabama are an important national and regional resource for education and research in environmental biology. This support will enable significant and needed enhancement of these collections and research activities through the provision of a mobile compactor system for the collections and research equipment for a new Molecular Systematics Laboratory. The collections and the laboratory will be housed in a new 17,000 sq. ft space within a new Scientific Collection Facility (112,000 sq. ft) being built by the University at a cost of $8 million, which will allow centralization of all University, Museum and Geological Survey collections and associated molecular research. This support will relieve collection crowding, provide for 5 years of collection growth, and considerably expand the educational and research potential of the new molecular laboratory.