Reach-in plant growth chamber for plant metabolism research

现代植物分子生物学和生物化学实验室需要专门的设备来定量分析植物中基因表达、蛋白质丰度、酶活性、代谢物积累和许多其他生物学活动的变化。同样重要的是在严格限定的环境条件下种植植物的能力，这样分析工作的结果，即研究人员，尤其是研究生数百至数千小时工作的结果，不会因为环境条件的变化而变得无关紧要。目前的应用是支持购买一个可伸缩的植物生长室，提供温度和湿度控制，用于研究植物氮代谢的生物化学和分子方面。

A modern plant molecular biology and biochemistry laboratory requires specialized equipment for quantitative analysis of changes in gene expression, protein abundance, enzyme activity, metabolite accumulation, and a host of other biological activities within the plant. Of equal importance is the ability to grow plants under tightly defined environmental conditions so that the results of analytical work, the results of hundreds to thousands of hours of work by researchers, most notably graduate students, are not rendered irrelevant because of changes in environmental conditions. The current application is to support the purchase of a reach-in plant growth chamber with provision for temperature and humidity control for the study of biochemical and molecular aspects of plant nitrogen metabolism.