A Research-Oriented Approach to Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Instruction

该项目旨在让本科生在整个大学教育过程中接触到研究性研究。所有的生物实验室都正在进行修订，以包括调查部分。此外，在三年级，生物专业的学生还会参加一门研究技术课程。然后，一些专业会进行独立的研究项目。这些实验室和研究项目鼓励学生成为科学调查的积极参与者，而不是被动的观察者。为了开展调查实验室和支持学生在结构生物学方面的研究项目，该项目需要一个研究质量高的复合显微镜和解剖显微镜，配备可互换的自动摄像系统和彩色摄像机和监视器。该复合显微镜将具有亮场、相位对比度和诺马尔斯基光学能力，以及低紫外光和可见光荧光。

The project is designed to expose undergraduate biology students to investigative research throughout their college education. All of the biology labs are being revised to include investigative components. In addition, in their junior year, biology majors take a research techniques course. Some majors then undertake an independent research project. The labs and the research projects encourage students to be active participants in scientific investigation, rather than being passive observers. To conduct investigative laboratories and to support student research projects in structural biology, the project requires a research quality compound microscope and dissecting microscope equipped with an interchangeable automatic camera system and color videocamera and monitor. The compound microscope will have the capability of brightfield, phase contrast, and Nomarski optics, as well as low UV and visible light epifluorescence.