Replacement and Consolidation of Research and Research Training Facilities of the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico

生物学系在新墨西哥州的大学是一个历史性的进步，在科学团队的发展，多学科的方法，复杂的生物问题的门槛。 在过去的十年中，教师研究人员制定了战略，以解决复杂的环境和生物问题在地方，区域和国家层面。 培养了合作研究的氛围，正如塞维利亚长期生态研究计划（LTER）和西南生物学博物馆（MSB）的成功所证明的那样，研究人员和学生分散在三栋建筑物上，阻止了该部门从新的进步中受益。 国家科学基金会和新墨西哥州大学将建立伙伴关系，提供一个最先进的生态学，进化和系统学研究中心。 来自学术研究基础设施计划和国家的资金将用于翻新创建多学科计划所需的空间，该计划将MSB基于生态的研究材料与LTER计划基于生态的数据相结合。 在提供必要的基础设施的同时，该设施将符合ADA、消防和OSHA标准。 将在翻新的实验室中安装冷冻室、通风橱和橱柜。完成后，翻新后的设施将在一个单一的建筑物内合并程序，从而提高生物研究小组的能力，以允许和促进科学家合作团队对复杂问题进行高度复杂的综合分析。 该设施将是该部门的研究培训计划的主要资产，其中包括生态复杂性的NSF研究培训补助金，本科生网站计划的研究经验，以及少数民族学生的环境生物学计划的本科生导师。

The Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico is on the threshold of an historic advancement in the development of scientific team-approaches to multi-disciplinary, complex biological problems. Over the last decade, faculty researchers have developed strategies to address complicated environmental and biological problems at local, regional, and national levels. Having fostered an atmosphere for collaborative studies, as evidenced by the successes of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER), and the Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), the dispersal of researchers and students over three buildings has prevented the Department from benefiting from new advances. The National Science Foundation and the University of New Mexico will establish a partnership to provide a state-of-the-art research center in ecology, evolution and systematics. Funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program and the State will be used to renovate space needed to create a multi-disciplinary program that consolidates the specimen-based research materials of the MSB with the ecologically based data of the LTER program. In conjunction to providing the necessary infrastructure, the facility will conform to ADA, fire and OSHA standards. A freezer room, fume hoods, and cabinetry will be installed in the renovated laboratories. Upon completion, the renovated facility will merge programs within a single building, thus raising the capabilities of the biology research group to a level that will permit and promote highly sophisticated, integrated analyses of complex problems by collaborating teams of scientists. The facility will be a major asset to the department's research training programs, which includes an NSF Research Training Grant in Ecological Complexity, a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Program, and an Undergraduate Mentorships in Environmental Biology Program for minority students.