Acquisition of instrumentation for evaluation of biochemical and culture properties of microalgae

该奖项是根据2009年美国恢复和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该主要研究仪器-恢复和再投资（MRI-R2）奖资助收购德克萨斯州A M大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（TAMUCC）的微藻当地物种的生物化学和培养特性评估的综合研究系统。所要求的仪器使TAMUCC能够对微藻进行新的创新性系统研究，并提高研究和学生教学的质量。该系统为教师提供了重要的工具，用于在生物学，生态学，化学，海产养殖和环境科学的各种本科和研究生课程中进行研究和改进实验室项目。此外，这些设备有助于TAMUCC履行其使命，通过向学生提供他们本来无法获得的研究和培训机会，增加少数群体对科学的参与。这些研究的结果将通过学生和教师在区域和国家会议上的演讲以及通过在同行评审期刊上发表来传播。

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 an integrated research system for the evaluation of biochemical and culture properties of local species of microalgae at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). The instrumentation requested allows TAMUCC to develop new innovative systematic research on microalgae and enhance the quality of research and student instruction. The system provides faculty with critical tools for pursuit of their research and improvement of laboratory projects in various undergraduate and graduate courses in biology, ecology, chemistry, mariculture and environmental science. Moreover, this equipment aids TAMUCC in its mission to increase minority participation in science by providing students with research and training opportunities that would not otherwise be available to them. Results from these studies will be disseminated by student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings, and through publication in peer-reviewed journals.