CONSTRUCTION OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH FACILITY

描述（由申请人提供）：新泽西州立大学罗格斯分校库克学院动物科学系申请资金，用于在该系主要设施巴特利特大厅扩建内分泌研究实验室。发展这一研究设施的目的是解决患者和保健专业人员在治疗内分泌相关疾病方面面临的重大挑战。具体来说，需要相应的资金来建造11800平方米的建筑。一个新的研究综合体，将容纳内分泌研究人员在一个中心设施。动物科学系的许多教员目前在内分泌学领域进行研究。此外，罗格斯大学营养系、生物化学和微生物系、酒精研究中心以及新泽西医学和牙科大学（UMDNJ）生理和生物物理系的几名教师也对内分泌研究感兴趣，积极参与动物科学研究生教学和研究项目。这些内分泌研究者的研究目标包括研究环境因素和饮食对内分泌疾病发生和促进的影响。UMDNJ现有的内分泌研究项目、环境职业健康科学研究所（EOHSI）和癌症研究实验室为合作和持续发展提供了巨大的潜力。罗格斯大学内分泌项目建立在与UMDNJ内分泌领域的临床和基础研究合作的基础上，将成为与各种内分泌疾病治疗相关的教育和患者护理的国家和地区资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Animal Sciences of Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, requests funds for the development of endocrine research laboratories in an extension to Bartlett Hall, the department's principal facility. The purpose of developing this research facility is to address the substantial challenges in the treatment of endocrine-related disease facing both patients and health care professionals. Specifically, matching funds are requested for construction of 11,800 sq. ft. of a new research complex that will house endocrine researchers in one central facility. Many faculty members in the Department of Animal Sciences currently conduct research in the area of endocrinology. Additionally, several faculty members of the Rutgers' Department of Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology and the Center for Alcohol Studies, and the Physiology and Biophysics Department in the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) with endocrine research interests actively participate in the Animal Sciences graduate teaching and research programs. The research objectives of these endocrine researchers include the study of the influence of environmental factors and diet on the initiation and promotion of endocrine diseases. The existing endocrine research program at UMDNJ, the Environmental Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), and the Laboratory for Cancer Research offer outstanding potential for collaboration and continued growth. Building on collaboration with clinical and basic research in endocrine areas in UMDNJ, the Rutgers University endocrine program will become a national and regional resource for education and patient care relevant to the treatment of various endocrine diseases.