Acquisition of Equipment for a Molecular Genetics Core Facility for Research and Research Training in Conservation Genetics and Molecular Ecology

9871024 Lisette P. Waits爱达荷州大学为保护遗传学和分子生态学研究和研究培训的分子遗传学核心设施购置设备该提案提供资金，以装备分子遗传学核心设施，用于保护遗传学和分子生态学领域的研究和培训。 该设施将支持爱达荷州大学在保护生物学、生态学和自然资源管理方面的一个强有力的跨学科项目。 自然资源科学在基础和应用研究方面已经进入了一个新时代，需要使用分子遗传工具来解决这些领域的关键问题。 分子生物学技术的快速发展以及自动DNA测序和基因分型的发明极大地提高了这些技术的生产力、准确性和安全性。 这一进展的结果是在保护遗传学，分子生态学，分子系统学和分子病理学领域的研究方向的一个令人兴奋的新领域的开放。 该设备补助金的目标是开发一个分子遗传学核心设施，通过1）提高研究能力，2）开发跨学科合作的新水平，3）在保护遗传学，分子生态学，分子系统学和分子病理学领域提供新的研究培训和教育机会，以扩大和探索研究方向。 三名主要研究人员，七名附属教师，以及许多研究生和本科生最初将共享拟议的研究设施。 三位主要研究人员在分子遗传学研究方面有很强的背景，并跨越了学院的主要学科-植物，动物和渔业科学。 七个附属教职员工有较少的分子遗传学经验，但建议扩大他们的研究，将分子方法时，这个设施的建立。 附属教师的加入大大扩展了使用该设施的研究人员的跨学科广度，对于实现我们为教师和学生提供新的研究培训机会的目标非常重要，因为他们很少接触分子遗传学方法。

9871024 Lisette P. Waits University of Idaho Acquisition of Equipment for a Molecular Genetics Core Facility for Research and Research Training in Conservation Genetics and Molecular Ecology This proposal supplies funds to equip a Molecular Genetics Core Facility for research and training in the fields of conservation genetics and molecular ecology. This facility will support a strong interdisciplinary program in conservation biology, ecology, and natural resource management at the University of Idaho. Natural resources sciences have reached a new era in basic and applied research that requires the use of molecular genetic tools to address specific questions that are critical for these fields. The rapid advancement in molecular biology techniques and invention of automated DNA sequencing and genotyping has enormously increased the productivity, accuracy, and safety of these techniques. The result of this advancement is the opening of an exciting new realm of research directions in the fields of conservation genetics, molecular ecology, molecular systematics, and molecular pathology. The goals of this equipment grant are to develop a Molecular Genetics Core Facility to expand and explore research directions by 1) improving research capabilities, 2) developing a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration, and 3) providing new research training and educational opportunities in the areas of conservation genetics, molecular ecology, molecular systematics, and molecular pathology. Three principal investigators, seven affiliated faculty, and numerous graduate and undergraduate students will initially share the proposed research facility. The three principal investigators have strong backgrounds in molecular genetic research and span the major disciplines of the College - plant, animal, and fisheries sciences. The seven affiliated faculty members have less molecular genetic experience, but propose to expand their research to incorporate molecular methods when this facility is established. The inclusion of the affiliated faculty greatly expands the interdisciplinary breadth of researchers using the facility and is important for achieving our goal of providing new research training opportunities for faculty and students who have had little exposure to molecular genetic methods.