Acquisition of Equipment to Establish a Molecular Biology Training Facility

对少数民族学生进行科学方面的培训是一项重大需求。特拉华州立大学是一家公共土地赠与机构，为启动适当准备的学生数量的重大变化提供了理想的环境。随着1995年一个新的科学中心的开放(750平方米。英国《金融时报》新的实验室空间专门用于这个培训设施)，我们建议开发培训学生，包括本科生和研究生，在分子生物学技术的使用。我们选择这个领域是因为它在生物科学中的广泛应用，以及预期对少数族裔学生的好处，特别是那些在分子生物学领域传统上代表不足的学生。这些教师的专业知识非常适合于培训学生在分子生物学技术的各种应用方面。尽管列出的调查人员将是最初的用户，但该设施将向所有教职员工开放，以培养学生在职业发展中具有竞争力所需的科学专业知识。获得这种设备和为学生建立培训设施也将成为额外研究补助金的基础，以加强少数群体在科学方面的培训，并使我们能够更积极地开展产业合作。该提案具体说明了装备的需要和理由，以及将使用的培训的广泛原则。

A major need exists in the training of minority students in the sciences. Delaware State University, a public land-grant institution, provides an ideal setting for initiating a significant change in the number of appropriately prepared students. With the opening in 1995 of a new Science Center (750 sq. ft. new laboratory space dedicated to this training facility), we propose to develop programs that will train students, both undergraduate and graduate, in the uses of molecular biology techniques. We selected this area due to its broad application in biological sciences and the anticipated benefit to minority students in particular who have been traditionally under-represented in molecular biology fields. The expertise of the faculty is well suited to train students in the diverse uses of the techniques of molecular biology. Although the listed investigators will be the initial users, the facility will be open to all faculty in order to develop the scientific expertise needed for the students to become competitive in their career advancement. Obtaining this equipment and the establishment of the training facility for students will also form the basis for additional research grant moneys to enhance minority training in the sciences and allow us to more aggressively pursue industrial collaborations. The proposal specifically describes the needs and rationale for the equipment and the broad principles of training that will be used.