A Research-Oriented, Evolution-Based Biochemistry Laboratory

以研究为导向、以进化为基础的生物化学实验室

• 批准号: 9751332
• 负责人: Kenneth Olsen
• 金额: $ 2.58万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1999-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9751332&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Oriented; Evolution; Based; Biochemistry

A significant portion of recent scientific progress has taken place at the interface of the traditional science disciplines. It is imperative that the training of undergraduate chemistry students reflects the current interdisciplinary nature of chemical research. With this goal in mind, the Department of Chemistry has established a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with a biochemistry emphasis. This degree better prepares students for graduate work in biochemistry and medicine and for exciting career opportunities in the rapidly expanding biotechnology industry. The new degree features an advanced laboratory in biochemistry, which integrates the concepts covered in the two biochemistry lecture courses. The laboratory is using the theme of evolution and providing the students with a collaborative research experience. This new approach satisfies several pedagogical objectives, including teaching a wide variety of biochemical techniques, reinforcing an appreciation of the chemical basis of biology, illustrating both the unity and diversity of life, providing a research experience, and supporting the development of a team-oriented approach to investigating a problem. Three centrifuges, an electrophoresis setup, protein purification equipment, and a spectrophotometer are among the new equipment providing hands-on experiences with biochemical techniques actually used in research laboratories. The program is greatly reducing the gap between undergraduates' education and actual research done in academic and industrial laboratories. *

最近的科学进步的很大一部分是在传统科学学科的界面上发生的。 本科化学学生的培训必须反映化学研究的当前跨学科性质。 考虑到这一目标，化学系已建立了化学学士学位，并强调了化学学士学位。 该学位更好地为学生提供了生物化学和医学研究生工作的准备，并为快速扩展的生物技术行业提供了激动人心的职业机会。 新学位设有一个生物化学的高级实验室，该实验室整合了两个生物化学讲座课程中所涵盖的概念。 该实验室正在使用进化的主题，并为学生提供协作研究经验。 这种新方法满足了几种教学目标，包括教授多种生化技术，增强对生物学化学基础的欣赏，说明生活的统一和多样性，提供研究经验，并支持以团队为导向的方法来研究问题的方法。 三个离心机，一种电泳设置，蛋白质净化设备和分光光度计是提供实际用于研究实验室生化技术的动手体验的新设备之一。 该计划大大减少了大学教育与学术和工业实验室所做的实际研究之间的差距。 *