Biotechnology Training Enhancement at Moorhead State University

该项目旨在加强与生物技术领域有关的生物学和化学领域的培训。该项目的重点是建立一个跨部门的生物技术学位，作为生物和化学部门的共同努力。这个学位将被设计为实验室密集，研究丰富的经验。该学位将最终在所有学生都是一个研究团队的成员执行一个项目下的教员的监督。将鼓励学生提交成功的研究项目，在当地和区域科学会议上提出。该学位将帮助学生在与该国该地区不断增长的农业分子遗传学和制药工业相关的研究职位上就业，并为有兴趣申请研究生院的学生提供培训。这个新生物技术学位的核心入门课程将由目前作为穆尔黑德州立大学生物学和化学专业一部分提供的课程组成。这些课程中的大多数已转换为调查实验室的形式，以提高学生的参与和对科学的热情。购买的设备将允许额外的练习被添加到几个这些大型招生介绍课程的实验室部分，以便为学生提供生物技术上师课程所需的背景和经验。使用已经是生物学和化学专业的一部分课程来启动这个新学位的好处是，所有在这两个部门参加课程的学生将接触到新技术，并有机会了解更多关于分子和细胞生物学和生物化学研究。

This project is designed to enhance training in the fields of biology and chemistry related to the areas of biotechnology. The focus of the project is to establish an interdepartmental degree in biotechnology as a joint effort of the biology and chemistry departments. This degree will be designed as a laboratory intensive, research rich experience. The degree will culminate in all students being members of a research team performing a project under the supervision of a faculty member. Students will be encouraged to submit successful research projects to be presented at local and regional scientific meetings. This degree will prepare students to seek employment in research positions related to the growing agriculture based molecular genetics and pharmaceutical industries in this region of the country as well as providing training for students interested in application to graduate school. The introductory courses in the core of this new biotechnology degree will be comprised of courses currently offered as part of both the biology and chemistry majors at Moorhead State University. The majority of these courses have been converted to an investigative laboratory format to enhance student involvement and enthusiasm for science. The equipment purchased will allow additional exercises to be added to the laboratory portion of several of these large enrollment introductory courses in order to give students the background and experience required for upper division courses in biotechnology. The benefit of using courses which are already part of the biology and chemistry majors to initiate this new degree is that all students taking courses in the two departments will be exposed to new techniques and have the opportunity to learn more about molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry research.