MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) System for Research, Research Training and Education

NSF核磁共振奖资助购买高效液相色谱（HPLC）系统，以显著改善什里夫波特路易斯安那州立大学（LSUS）生物科学系生物科学研究、研究培训和教育的基础设施。高效液相色谱系统用于支持一系列研究项目，包括：盐胁迫植物中脱落酸（ABA）浓度和抗氧化剂浓度；人工湿地农用化学品残留研究生态化学和类胡萝卜素；酵母分子遗传学；生态化学与代谢物；以及进化和系统植物学。新系统除了提供现代高效液相色谱的研究能力外，还可教学生在实验室和教室环境中使用和应用最新的高效液相色谱方法，从而促进本系的教育和培训目标。LSUS是一个为来自弱势群体的大量学生提供服务的机构，它在让本科生参与生物科学系的研究项目方面有着悠久的历史。新的HPLC系统支持的研究培训和教育将有助于路易斯安那州（EPSCoR州）和全国技术劳动力的发展。研究和教学工作的成果将通过摘要和同行评议的出版物以及学生和教员积极参加专业会议而广泛传播。

This NSF MRI Award funds the acquisition of a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system to significantly improve infrastructure for research, research training, and education in the biological sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS). The HPLC system is used to support a range of research projects, including: abscisic acid (ABA) concentrations and antioxidant concentrations in salt-stressed plants; agricultural chemical residues in constructed wetlands; ecological chemistry and carotenoids; molecular genetics of yeast; ecological chemistry and metabolites; and evolutionary and systematic botany. In addition to providing modern HPLC capabilities for research, the new system allows the Department to advance education and training objectives by teaching students to use and apply the latest HPLC procedures in a laboratory and classroom environment. LSUS, an institution that serves significant numbers of students from under-represented groups, has a long history of involving undergraduates in research projects within the Department of Biological Sciences. Research training and education supported by the new HPLC system will contribute to development of a skilled workforce in Louisiana (an EPSCoR state) and the nation. The results of the research and teaching efforts will be broadly disseminated through abstracts and peer reviewed publications, as well as by active participation of students and faculty at professional meetings.