Improving the Undergradaute Biology Curriculum by Integration of Molecular Techniques into the Teaching Laboratories

9352436莫拉莱斯这个项目是在生物系，以提高本科课程的重大课程改革的一部分。具体目标之一是在遗传学和发育生物学实验室中引入新的练习，以促进对现代分子生物学概念的更好理解。 学生将通过在细菌和植物转化以及质粒提取和限制性酶切图谱方面的实践经验来了解当前的生物技术。通过非放射性Southern印迹和Western印迹分析基因组织和表达的分析将使学生接触基础和生物医学研究的方法。购置DNA和蛋白质电泳设备和辅助设备将使本科教学的现有部门设施达到生物技术的最新水平。由于分子技术正在成为所有生物科学，包括生态和进化生物学的综合共同线，这些实验室将成为生物学专业和具有不同专业兴趣的专职健康学生的资产。 ***

9352436 Morales This project is part of a major curricular change in the Biology Department to improve the undergraduate program. One of the specific goals is to introduce into the genetics and developmental biology laboratories new exercises that promote a better understanding of modern molecular biology concepts. Students will be introduced to current biotechnology by hands- on experience in bacterial and plant transformation as well as plasmid extraction and restriction mapping. The analysis of gene organization and expression by non-radioactive Southern blots and Western blots analysis will expose students to methods of basic and biomedical research. Acquisition of equipment for DNA and protein electrophoresis and supportive equipment will bring the existing departmental facilities for undergraduate teaching to the state of the art of biological techniques. Since molecular techniques are becoming an integrative common line in all the biological sciences, including ecological and evolutionary biology, these laboratories will be an asset for Biology majors and allied health students with diverse professional interests. ***