Expanding Contemporary Scientific Instrumentation for Molecular Exercises in Biology

该项目是升级实验室在高年级生物学核心课程，化学，和本科生的研究计划。这些目标正在通过购买荧光检测设备来实现，该设备是在现有仪器的基础上建立和补充的。实验室活动，无论是改进和增加，包括B-半乳糖苷酶的表达，DNA表征，腺苷三磷酸测量，细胞离子的变化，叶绿素鉴定，核酸定量，蛋白质化学，酶动力学，受体测定，化学实验，和一些本科研究项目的技术。此外，这些新的实验室经验的实施将使学生接触到正在迅速成为当代生物学和化学的复杂技术。

This project is upgrading laboratories in the upper-division biology core courses, chemistry, and the undergraduate student research program. These objectives are being met with the acquisition of fluorescence detection equipment that builds on and complements existing instrumentation. Laboratory activities, both improved and added, include B-galactosidase expression, DNA characterization, adenosine triphosphate measurement, cellular ion changes, chlorophyll identification, quantitation of nucleic acids, protein chemistry, enzyme kinetics, receptor assays, chemical experiments, and a number of techniques for undergraduate research projects. Also, implementation of these new laboratory experiences will expose students to sophisticated techniques that are rapidly becoming contemporary in biology and chemistry.