Renovation of the Harding Laboratory

哈丁实验室改造

• 批准号: 9414771
• 负责人: Dennis Stevenson
• 金额: $ 11.7万
• 依托单位: New York Botanical Garden
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-04-01 至 1996-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9414771&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Harding; Laboratory

Stevenson The NSF and the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will jointly support the renovation of approximately 131 square research meters for the enhancement of laboratory facilities in systematic and economic botany. The impacted laboratories have not been renovated since their original construction in 1957. As a result, they are not configured, or mechanically served, for molecular plant systematics, and they do not meet modern health and safety standards. Faculty and graduate students have been unable to conduct on-site research and training and have had to travel to local affiliated laboratories and, on occasion, to laboratories located out of state. Renovations will include replacement of two antiquated fume hoods, installation of new electrical wiring with ground fault receptacles, upgrading of water delivery and drainage systems, installation of thermostatic controls, replacement of traps and valves on steam radiators, removal of unused steam lines, and refurbishment of laboratory cabinets, floors, walls, ceilings, and lab bench tops. The renovation of laboratories for use in molecular systematics will add new impetus to the research and research training program at NYBG and will directly benefit five research scientists, three post doctoral students, and fifteen graduate students in molecular biology. The molecular research program allows researchers to track the evolution of the same gene in species from widely different groups of organisms, which in turn provides new insight on plant evolutionary history. The Garden is also used by visiting scientists, many of whom travel from Latin America for study and has cooperative programs with three local universities.

史蒂文森 NSF 和纽约植物园 (NYBG) 将共同支持改造约 131 平方米的研究平方米，以增强系统和经济植物学的实验室设施。 受影响的实验室自 1957 年最初建成以来就没有进行过翻新。因此，它们没有针对分子植物系统学进行配置或机械服务，并且不符合现代健康和安全标准。 教师和研究生无法进行现场研究和培训，不得不前往当地附属实验室，有时甚至前往州外的实验室。 翻新工程将包括更换两个陈旧的通风柜、安装带有接地故障插座的新电线、升级供水和排水系统、安装恒温控制装置、更换蒸汽散热器上的疏水阀和阀门、拆除未使用的蒸汽管线以及翻新实验室橱柜、地板、墙壁、天花板和实验室台面。 分子系统学实验室的改造将为纽约植物园的研究和研究培训项目增添新的动力，并将直接惠及分子生物学领域的五名研究科学家、三名博士后学生和十五名研究生。 该分子研究计划使研究人员能够追踪来自不同有机体类群的物种中相同基因的进化，这反过来又为植物进化史提供了新的见解。 该花园还供访问科学家使用，其中许多人来自拉丁美洲进行研究，并与三所当地大学有合作项目。