Renovation and Repair of Plant Growth Facilities

华盛顿大学植物科学研究代表了一个长期的跨学科项目，包括基础和战略研究目标，并强调多样化的研究有机体和实验方法。开展的研究涉及反映太平洋西北部自然生境多样性的调查，范围从海藻到古老的森林，包括对植物生长和多样性的基本性质的基本研究，以及处理对整个社会的经济福祉重要的问题的应用研究。传统的植物科学研究中心包括植物系和森林资源学院，但现在对植物科学的兴趣正在扩大，包括动物学、生物化学、遗传学和城市园艺中心。连接所有这些单位的单个研究计划的纽带是以植物学温室为中心的植物生长设施，其中包括一个中央温室、一个植物实验室和五个植物生长室。现有的核电站设施建于1939年和1949年，代表着亟需修复的老化基础设施。1949年的老式电力供应系统不足以满足现代温室中标准的人造光和其他技术进步的需求。生长室大约有20年的历史，不可靠，需要更换。学术研究基础设施计划的资金将用于部分支持该大学对工厂设施进行现代化的努力，以帮助研究人员进行尖端研究。翻新将包括：升级公用设施系统、外部玻璃和长椅；用能够支持需要受控生长环境的研究活动的现代生长室取代过时的生长室；安装维持全年环境条件所需的新设备和控制装置。改善温室的基础设施和增加新的生长室将适应未来研究和研究培训的所有方面。？？

Research in Plant Sciences at the University of Washington represents a long-standing interdisciplinary program encompassing fundamental and strategic research goals and emphasizing a diverse array of research organisms and experimental approaches. Research performed involves investigations reflecting the diversity of natural habitats in the Pacific Northwest, ranging from marine algae to old-growth forests, and includes basic research into the fundamental nature of plant growth and diversity and applied research addressing questions important to the economic well-being of society at large. Traditional centers of plant science research include the Department of Botany and the College of Forest Resources, but the expanding interest in plant science now includes research in Zoology, Biochemistry, Genetics and the Center for Urban Horticulture. The link that connects individual research programs in all of these units is the plant growth facility centered around the botany greenhouses that include a central greenhouse, a plant laboratory, and five plant growth chambers. Existing plant facilities, constructed in 1939 and 1949, represent an aging infrastructure badly in need of repair. The 1949 vintage electrical supply system is inadequate to handle the needs for artificial light and other technical advances that are standard in modern greenhouses. Growth chambers are approximately 20 years old and are unreliable and need replacing. Funding from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will be used to partially support the University's effort in modernizing plant facilities needed to aid researchers in the pursuit of conducting leading edge research. Renovations will consist of: upgrading utility systems, exterior glazing, and benching; replacing outdated growth chambers with modern ones capable of supporting research activities requiring controlled growth environments; and installing new equipment and controls needed to maintain environmental conditions throughout the year. Improvement to the infrastructure of the greenhouses and the addition of new growth chambers will accommodate all aspects of research and research training for the future. á¼