Renovation of the Loeb Laboratory Building

海洋生物实验室（MBL）是一个独立的、非营利性的教育机构，也是美国最古老的私人海洋实验室。MBL成立于1888年，为来自美国和国外的夏季调查员和高级学生提供了一个良好的环境来进行研究。在周围水域发现的丰富多样的海洋生物为探索基本生命过程提供了模型。除了作为美国生物学的夏季之家外，MBL还主持了细胞和发育生物学、生态系统研究、分子进化、神经生物学和感觉生理学等主要的全年研究项目。国家科学基金会的资金将用于改善Loeb大楼的机械系统，Loeb大楼是MBL的五个主要实验室建筑之一。Loeb于1969年开业，是实验生物学研究活动的主要焦点。它容纳了生态系统中心、波士顿大学海洋项目和NINDS神经生物学实验室的夏季研究设施。除了住房研究项目，勒布也是开展研究培训课程的主要地点。然而，这些活动涉及使用电子设备进行最先进的研究，需要一定程度的环境控制，而建筑物现有的机械系统无法提供。这种现代化将包括升级和维修现有的通风系统和控制系统，并用更有效的装置取代现有的冷水机。MBL一直致力于发展国家的智力资本，特别是在基础生物学领域，并且一直是与全国各种机构合作的长期受益者。该项目将有助于加强MBL的基础设施，这将使勒布的传统和校园范围保持到下个世纪。

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an independent, non-profit and educational institution and America's oldest private marine lab. Founded in 1888, the MBL offers a conductive environment for summer investigators and advance students from the U.S. and abroad to perform research. Diverse and abundant marine organisms found in surrounding waters serve as models for exploring fundamental life processes. In addition to being the summer home of American Biology, the MBL hosts major year-round research programs in cell and developmental biology, ecosystems studies, molecular evolution, neurobiology, and sensory physiology. NSF funds will be used to improve the mechanical systems of the Loeb Building, one of the MBL's five major laboratory buildings. Opened in 1969, Loeb serves as a prime focal point for research activities in experimental biology. It houses facilities for the Ecosystems Center, Boston University's Marine Program, and the summer research of the NINDS Laboratory of Neurobiology. In addition to housing research programs, Loeb is a major site where research training courses are conducted. However these activities, involving the use of electronic equipment to conduct state of the art research, require a level of environmental controls that the building's existing mechanical systems are incapable of providing. This modernization will consist of upgrading and repairing the existing ventilation systems and controls, and replacing the existing chiller with a more efficient unit. MBL has had a commitment to developing the nation's intellectual capital, particularly in the area of basic biology, and has been a long term beneficiary of partnerships with a variety of institutions across the nation. This project will help strengthen the MBL infrastructure, which will sustain the tradition in Loeb, and campus wide, well into the next century.