Upgrade Laboratories Facilities at UPR-Rio Piedras

描述(由申请者提供)：里约皮德拉斯崛起计划的总体目标是通过加强理科研究生和本科生的学术和研究准备，发展相关教师的研究能力，并促进支持性的制度环境，来增加生物医学研究工作的数量和质量。这项补充申请要求拨款用于教学实验室中的仪器设备，这些课程是所有获得生物或化学学士学位的学生所需的课程。所有RISE本科研究实习生都必须参加这些课程，这项申请旨在加强他们的学术准备，但他们将获得的技术也将影响他们的研究能力。 遗传学、分子生物技术和分子与细胞生物学所需的仪器将有助于提高每年220多名本科生的实验室体验质量。这些设备包括：1)超低温冷冻机，2)凝胶记录系统，3)专门用于哺乳动物细胞系培养的孵化器，以及4)三个UV/VIS分光仪。有机化学、仪器化学和物理化学所需的仪器每年还将用于220多名本科生的实验室教学。这里要求的设备包括：1)三台紫外可见光谱仪 2)一台气相色谱-质谱仪(该仪器每年还将为15-20名研究生提供服务)，以及3)两台高效液相色谱仪。 所要求的仪器要么将替换旧设备，要么将首次在这些实验室提供。希望这些实验室的加强将导致未来的研究生将更好地准备完成他们在生物医学相关科学方面的博士学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the Rio Piedras RISE Program is to increase the number and quality of biomedical research efforts by enhancing the academic and research preparation of graduate and undergraduate science students, developing the research capabilities of the involved faculty and fostering a supportive institutional environment. This supplemental application is requesting funding for instrumentation utilized in the teaching laboratories of courses required for all students completing B.S. degrees in either Biology or Chemistry. All RISE undergraduate research trainees have to take these courses and this application addresses enhancement of their academic preparation, however the techniques they will acquire will also impact their capability in research. The instruments requested for the Genetics, Molecular Biotechnology and Molecular and Cellular Biology will serve to improve the quality of the laboratory experiences of over 220 undergraduates each year. These will include: 1) an ultra low temperature freezer, 2) a gel documentation system, 3) an incubator to be dedicated solely to the culture of mammalian cell lines, and 4) three UV/Vis spectrophotometers. The instruments requested for the Organic, Instrumental and Physical Chemistry will also attend to the laboratory instruction of over 220 undergraduates each year. The equipment requested here includes: 1) three UV-Vis Spectrophotometer systems, 2) One Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (this instrument will also serve 15-20 graduate students per year), and 3) Two High Performance Liquid Chromatographs. The instrumentation requested will either replace old equipment or will be available for the first time in these laboratories. It is hoped that enhancement of these laboratories will result in future graduate students who will be better prepared to complete their doctorates in biomedically relevant science.