Reinvigorating Biotechnology at Southern Oregon University

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。南俄勒冈大学(SOU)是一所专注于本科教育和研究的文科院校。南俄勒冈大学的生物和化学系最近建立了一个本科生研究机构，致力于研究生物技术的跨学科领域。该奖项将增强生物技术研究中心的研究和研究培训能力，并将其发展为最先进的设施，供教职员工和学生进行尖端研究。生物技术研究中心是南洋理工大学的一个支持性环境，让本科生学习使用分子方法，并了解这些技术在不同研究问题上的应用。该中心容纳了使用分子方法进行研究所需的设备和用品，提供了功能齐全的工作台空间，并作为教师和学生之间互动的论坛，这些教师和学生从事的不同项目分享了一些方法。这项奖励将使SOU能够购买和安装最新的固定设备，并促进实验室空间现代化的翻新。它是众多学生研究项目的一个组成部分，并通过特定的课程为数十名高年级的生物和化学学生提供研究培训。因此，该中心是帮助南洋理工大学培养未来科学家的无价设施。翻新该中心将纠正基础研究和安全需求方面的不足。具体而言，该项目包括升级和/或安装通风柜、DNA提取室、显微镜空间、带有高效空气过滤器的真空管、蒸馏水、安全淋浴和足够的工作台空间。SOU将为不断增长的对分子、细胞生物学和生物化学领域感兴趣的学生提供一个现代化、更安全的研究环境。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Southern Oregon University (SOU) is a liberal arts institution with a focus on undergraduate education and research. The Departments of Biology and Chemistry at Southern Oregon University recently established an undergraduate research facility dedicated to study in the interdisciplinary fields of biotechnology. This award will enhance the research and research training capabilities of the Biotechnology Research Center and develop it as a state-of-the-art facility for faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge research. The Biotechnology Research Center is a supportive environment at SOU for undergraduate students to learn to use molecular methods and to understand the application of these techniques to diverse research questions. The Center houses equipment and supplies needed for research using molecular methods, provides functional bench space, and serves as a forum for interaction between faculty and students working on diverse projects that share some methodology. This award will enable SOU to purchase and install up-to-date fixed equipment and facilitate renovations to modernize the lab space. It is an integral component of numerous student research projects and provides research training to dozens of upper-division biology and chemistry students through specific courses. Thus, the Center is an invaluable facility in helping SOU train tomorrow's scientists.Renovating the Center will correct deficiencies in basic research and safety needs. Specifically, this project includes the upgrade and/or installation of a fume hood, DNA extraction room, microscopy space, vacuum lines with HEPA filtration, distilled water, safety shower and adequate bench space. SOU will then provide a modern, safer research environment for SOU's growing body of students interested in the fields of molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry.