Acquisition of a Nucleic Acids Sequencing and Fragment Analysis Laboratory

在朱利安·斯塔尔博士的指导下，密西西比大学获得了一笔赠款，用于部分支持一个核酸测序和片段分析实验室。该实验室将包括一个四毛细管遗传分析仪和相关设备，将为生物学系提供一个分析不同生命形式DNA的设施。DNA技术现在是现代生物学的一个基本的，甚至是主导的组成部分，这个设施将帮助密西西比大学保持其在生物科学方面的卓越的国家和国际声誉。 该实验室将加强密西西比大学研究活跃的教师、研究生和本科生的研究和培训活动。将使用该设施的项目范围从细菌的分子生态学和果蝇的神经发育，到火灾干扰的生态学和植物、昆虫、蜘蛛和珊瑚的生物多样性。这项研究将培养下一代生物科学家，将分子技术应用于生物学大多数主要领域的各种生物研究。这些技术现在是现代生物学学生必不可少的训练。该设施也将成为密西西比大学长期致力于改善社区各级科学教育的一个组成部分。将鼓励中小学、地方学院和社区学院参观和使用该设施;将向一年级生物专业学生介绍其技术和功能;大学班级将为教育目的使用该设施;研究生将被鼓励将分子数据纳入他们的研究，该实验室将为女性和少数民族学生提供在科学领域取得成功所需的竞争优势。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Mississippi under the direction of Dr. Julian Starr for partial support of a nucleic acids sequencing and fragment analysis laboratory. This laboratory will consist of a four-capillary Genetic Analyzer and associated equipment that will provide the Biology faculty with a facility to analyze DNA in diverse forms of life. DNA techniques are now an essential, even dominant component of modern biology, and this facility will help the University of Mississippi to maintain its national and international reputation for excellence in the biological sciences. The laboratory will enhance the research and training activities of research-active faculty, graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Mississippi. Projects that will use the facility range from the molecular ecology of bacteria and neural development in fruit flies, to the ecology of fire disturbance and the biodiversity of plants, insects, spiders and corals. This research will train the next generation of biological scientists in the application of molecular techniques to studies on diverse organisms in most of the major fields of biology. These techniques are now essential training for modern biology students.The facility will also be an integral part of the University of Mississippi's long-standing commitment to improving scientific education at all levels in the community. Elementary and secondary schools and local colleges and community colleges will be encouraged to visit and to use the facility; first year biology majors will be introduced to its technology and function; University classes will use the facility for educational purposes; graduate students will be encouraged to incorporate molecular data into their research, and the laboratory will give women and minority students the competitive edge they need to be successful in science.