Enhancement of Instruction and Research in Microbiology and Molecular Sciences

生物学专业的学生在现代实验技术或解释来自这些技术的数据方面没有获得足够的实践经验。该项目中使用的设备，沿着最近获得的其他设备，为计划成为科学家或技术人员的学生提供了利用当前技术的有意义的实验室经验。 计算机的使用简化和加强了数据分析和操作，为学生提供了快速直观的结果。该项目有利于将当前和强大的技术，如聚合酶链反应，核酸杂交，单克隆抗体和荧光探针纳入教学实验室和本科生研究。该项目可以改善少数民族学生在大学和少数民族机构在孟菲斯，有合作研究计划与大学的研究机会和成果。新设备也可用于本科生研究和地区高中教师，有才华的高中生和来自中南其他机构的本科生的培训。 该项目的影响可以通过监测学生人数，特别是妇女，少数民族和残疾人，谁在该司的专业，选择进入研究生院或学士学位进行评估。在科学相关领域的水平就业，申请并获得研究奖项，或参与本科研究。研究成果的传播可以通过在科学教育期刊上发表文章、通过专业学会的教育部门以及通过本科生在专业会议上的研究报告来实现。

Biology students do not receive sufficient hands-on experience in modern experimental techniques or in the interpretation of data derived from these techniques. The equipment used in this project, along with other equipment recently acquired, provides meaningful laboratory experiences utilizing current technologies for students planning careers as scientists or technicians. The use of computers is simplifying and enhancing data analysis and manipulation, providing students with a rapid visual representation of the results. This project facilitates the incorporation of current and powerful techniques such as polymerase chain reaction, nucleic acid hybridization, monoclonal antibodies, and fluorescent probes into instructional laboratories and undergraduate research. The project can improve research opportunities and outcomes for minority students at the university and at minority institutions in Memphis that have cooperative research programs with the university. The new equipment can also be used for undergraduate research and the training of area high school teachers, talented high school students, and undergraduates from other institutions in the Mid-South. The impact of the project can be evaluated by monitoring the number of students, particularly women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, who major in the division, choose to enter graduate school or B.S.-level employment in science-related areas, apply for and receive research awards, or participate in undergraduate research. Dissemination of results can occur through publications in journals concerned with science education, through the educational divisions of professional societies, and through undergraduate research presentations at professional meetings.