Acquisition of a Sequencing and Microarray Facility for Illinois State University

为伊利诺伊州立大学收购测序和微阵列设施

• 批准号: 0521194
• 负责人: Craig Gatto
• 金额: $ 13.83万
• 依托单位: Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0521194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Sequencing; Microarray; Facility; Illinois

This award will support the acquisition of instrumentation for the Molecular Core Facility (MCF) at Illinois State University. Although the primary focus of the acquisition is research, the instrumentation will also be used in laboratory courses.Six faculty members from the Department of Biological Sciences (Kevin Edwards, Craig Gatto, Brian Wilkinson, John Sedbrook, David Williams, and David Borst), and one from the Department of Chemistry (Jon Friesen) participate as senior personnel on this proposal. Collectively, they are responsible for the training of four post-doctoral associates, 18 graduate students, and 23 undergraduate students that would use the proposed instrumentation. These researchers study a wide range of biological questions including physiological responses to stress in plants and animals, developmental biology, lipid biochemistry, behavioral ecology, endocrinology, and parasite/host interactions. Training at all levels has always been a major component of research activities at ISU. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows will be able to incorporate these important research tools into their repertoire of skills. We currently offer courses (and are planning additional courses) targeted towards capitalizing on the technologies supported by the MCF. All the users included in this proposal have actively trained members of underrepresented groups in their laboratories. This new equipment for the MCF will benefit our ongoing and planned community outreach initiatives involving instructors and demonstrations for students from Heartland Community College (5 mi away) and ongoing collaborations with liberal arts colleges including Illinois Wesleyan U (2 mi away) and Millikin U. (20 mi away).

该奖项将支持伊利诺伊州立大学分子核心设施（MCF）的仪器收购。 尽管这次收购的主要重点是研究，但该仪器也将用于实验室课程。生物科学系的六个教职员工（Kevin Edwards，Craig Gatto，Brian Wilkinson，John John Sedbrook，David Williams和David Borst），以及一名来自化学（JON FRIESEN）的高级成员。 他们总的来说，他们负责培训四名博士后同事，18名研究生和23名本科生，这些学生将使用拟议的仪器。 这些研究人员研究了广泛的生物学问题，包括对动植物压力的生理反应，发育生物学，脂质生物化学，行为生态学，内分泌学和寄生虫/宿主相互作用。 各个级别的培训一直是ISU研究活动的主要组成部分。 本科生和研究生以及博士后研究员将能够将这些重要的研究工具纳入他们的技能曲目中。 我们目前提供针对MCF支持的技术的目标（并计划其他课程）。本提案中包括的所有用户都积极培训了其实验室中代表性不足的群体的成员。 MCF的这项新设备将使我们正在进行的和计划中的社区外展计划受益于涉及教练和示威的Heartland社区学院（5英里处）的学生，并与包括伊利诺伊州Wesleyan U（2英里外）和Millikin U.（20英里处）在内的文科学院进行了持续的合作。