MRI-R2: Acquisition of Quantitative Instrumentation for Research in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该主要研究仪器-恢复和再投资（MRI-R2）奖资助了RT-PCR系统，光度计，化学发光检测系统和磷光体成像系统的收购，以提高Agnes Scott College生物化学和分子生物学本科课程的研究和教学能力。目前，许多技术是在过时的仪器上使用非定量技术进行的，这阻碍了在这些领域进行的科学研究的进展，并降低了现代定量分析本科生培训的质量。作为一所女子本科院校，艾格尼丝·斯科特学院拥有高度多样化的学生群体。受益于该MRI-R2奖的项目将为历史上代表性不足的学生群体提供一个机会，让他们参与有意义的定量生物医学研究，这些研究将与传统的课堂和实验室经验协同作用，以促进他们的科学教育。 所有的研究在此补助金提出将与艾格尼丝斯科特本科生合作进行，仪器将大大提高这些合作发生的环境。 由这些工具支持的研究数据和结果将发表在同行评审的期刊上，并由学生和教师在区域和国家会议上提出。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2) award funds the acquisition of a RT-PCR system, luminometer, chemiluminescence detection system, and phosphor imaging system to enhance research and teaching capabilities at Agnes Scott College undergraduate program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Currently many techniques are performed on outdated instrumentation using non-quantitative techniques that hinder the progress of the scientific research conducted in these fields and diminish the quality of undergraduate training in modern quantitative analysis. As an undergraduate institution for women, Agnes Scott College possesses a highly diverse student body. The projects benefiting from this MRI-R2 award will provide an opportunity for a historically underrepresented population of students to participate in meaningful quantitative biomedical research that will act in a synergistic manner with traditional classroom and laboratory experiences to advance their scientific education. All of the research proposed in this grant will be performed in collaboration with Agnes Scott undergraduates, and the instrumentation will greatly enhance the environment in which these collaborations occur. Data and findings from research enabled by these instruments will be published in peer-reviewed journals, and presented by students and faculty at regional and national meetings.