Renovation of Biology Research and Research Training Facilities at Loyola Marymount University

位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的Loyola Marymount大学是ARI资金的接受者，用于西弗科学馆选定的生物学研究和培训实验室的翻新。这座建于1963年的建筑是校园里的主要实验室建筑，里面有生物系、化学系、生化系和物理系。自该设施建成以来，没有任何改进，许多基础设施系统和设备，原来是该设施的，已经达到了它们的寿命。设计糟糕的实验室没有为研究活动所需的大型仪器提供足够的空间。因此，将设备固定在狭小的空间中会造成效率低下且可能不安全的拥挤条件。为了纠正这些问题，国家科学基金会和洛约拉·马里蒙特大学将联合提供资金，为生物系的研究和研究培训空间进行现代化改造。这些改造是改善以实验室为基础的研究环境和扩大学生在生物科学方面的研究培训的重大努力的一部分。该项目将通过建立实验室来最大限度地利用有限的可用空间，这些实验室可以由教职员工共享，他们的研究计划有共同的设备需求和基本相似的方法。翻修将包括重新配置现有空间，安装新的通风柜和实验室长椅，以及升级储藏室和准备室。一旦建成，将创建一个共享的遗传学研究设施和一个共享的植物生物学研究设施。现有研究空间的增加和空间效率的提高预计将大大提高从事研究的教员的生产力，并改善生物系现有研究培训的质量和数量。

Loyola Marymount University, located in Los Angels, CA, is the recipient of ARI funds for the renovation of selected biology research and training laboratories in the Seaver Hall of Science. Erected in 1963, the building is the principal laboratory building on campus, which houses the Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics. No improvements have been made since it was built and many infrastructure systems and equipment, original to the facility, have reached their life span. Poorly designed laboratories do not provide enough space for large instrumentation required for research activities. Therefore securing equipment in small spaces create crowding conditions that are inefficient and potentially unsafe. To rectify the problems, the National Science Foundation and Loyola Marymount University will jointly provide funds to modernize research and research training space for the Department of Biology. The renovations are part of a major effort to enhance the laboratory-based research environment and expand student research training in the biological sciences. The project will maximize the use of limited available space by establishing laboratories which can be shared by faculty whose research programs have common equipment needs and fundamental similarities in approach. Renovations will include the reconfiguration of existing space, the installation of new fume hoods and laboratory benches, and the upgrade of the stockroom and preparation room. Once completed, a shared genetics research facility, and a shared plant biology research facility will be created. The increase in available research space and the increased efficiency of space is expected to significantly increase the productivity of research-active faculty and improve the quality and quantity of research training available in the Biology Department.