Microarray scanner for environmental genomics and metabolic engineering

所要求的设备被称为微阵列扫描仪。这是一个从DNA微射线中捕获数据的系统。也被称为DNA芯片，微阵列是显微镜载玻片上的一系列或有组织的基因。一张幻灯片上可能有数十万个基因。微阵列是一种现代方法，可以探测从动物组织、植物或微生物中获得的RNA样本。通过这种方式，可以同时确定这数千个基因的活性水平(例如，基因表达)。这是一台非常有用的设备。它本质上是一种对基因进行量化的激光检测方法。渥太华大学参与实验室的拟议研究范围从动物生理学到环境生物学和微生物学。许多研究生和本科生将使用这种设备。这将是他们在生物系和化学系进行实践培训的重要组成部分。很少有学生有这个机会，所以他们将得到专门的、备受欢迎的培训，这将有助于他们作为新的研究科学家的发展。

The requested equipment is called a microarray scanner. It is a system to capture data from DNA microrrays. Also known as DNA chips, microarrays are a series or organized genes on a microscope slide. There can be hundreds of thousands of genes represented on a single slide. Microarrays are a modern method to probe samples of RNA obtained from animal tissues, plants or microbes. In this way the level of activity ( e.g., gene expression) of these thousands of genes can be determined simultaneously. This is a very useful piece of equipment. It is essentially a laser detection methods to quantify the genes. The proposed research from the participating labs at the University of Ottawa ranges from animal physiology to environmental biology and microbiology. Many graduate and undergraduate students will use this equipment. This will be an essential part of their hands-on training in the Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry. Few students have this opportunity, so they will get specialized, highly sought-after training that will contribute to their development as new research scientists.