The Thermal Biology Institute Research and Education Facility Renovation

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。热生物学研究所（TBI）已经存在了大约十年，专注于主要与黄石国家公园温泉环境相关的极端微生物研究。TBI是一个多学科的研究中心，教师（~ 20）分布在三个学院和七个部门在密歇根州立大学作为我们的多研究员研究和培训设施位于密歇根州立大学的莱昂约翰逊大厅6楼是促进和维护中心内的多研究员研究项目的至关重要。6楼主要实验室空间的翻新将包括：更换地板、照明、管道系统、橱柜、通风柜、门框和窗户密封剂;翻新电气、管道、供暖、制冷、空气处理、通风柜和温度控制系统;清除石棉;重新配置实验室工作台空间;安装消防喷淋系统和网络布线。冷藏室的翻新将包括用预制冷藏室取代该冷藏室，以改善工作条件（光线和空间）和效率。一个新的温控计算机服务器室将容纳现有的计算机，以支持研究所的基因组学和信息学活动。TBI是几个多研究员NSF支持的计划，包括综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）计划在地球生物学系统，黄石数据收集和数据共享的研究协调网络，黄石微生物学的几个过去和现在的微生物学观测项目。TBI的研究人员在培训本科生方面有着悠久的历史，在过去的五年里，已经有70多名本科生参与了各种研究项目，其中一些项目得到了NSF本科生研究经验（REU）计划的支持。此外，TBI有着向公众成功推广和传播科学的悠久传统，并利用黄石国家公园引人入胜的生活实验室作为帮助人们理解和看到科学价值的工具，在正规和非正规教育中产生了重大影响。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Thermal Biology Institute (TBI) has been in existence for approximately ten years and focused on extremophile research primarily related to the hot spring environments of Yellowstone National Park. TBI is a multidisciplinary research center with faculty (~twenty) spread across three colleges and seven departments at MSU as such our multi-investigator research and training facility located on the 6th floor of MSU's Leon Johnson Hall is of paramount importance for facilitating and maintaining multi-investigator research projects within the center. The renovation of the main 6th floor laboratory space will include: replacement of flooring, lighting, ductwork, cabinets, fume hoods, door frames and window sealant; refurbishment of electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling, air-handling, hood ventilation and temperature control systems; removal of asbestos; reconfiguration of lab benches & spaces; installation of a fire sprinkler system and network wiring. The renovation of the cold room will include replacing this room with a pre-manufactured cold room to improve working conditions (light and space) and efficiency. A new temperature controlled computer server room will house existing computers that support the genomics and informatics activities of the institute. TBI is home to several multi-investigator NSF supported programs including an Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Geobiological Systems, a Research Coordination Network on Yellowstone data collection and data sharing, several past and current Microbiology Observatory project on Yellowstone microbiology. TBI researchers have a long track record in training undergraduates and have involved over seventy undergraduates in various research projects over the past five years with a number of those supported by NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. In addition, TBI has a long tradition of successful outreach and communicating science to public audiences and has made significant impacts in formal and informal education using the engaging living laboratory of Yellowstone National Park as tool to help people understand and see the value of science.