MRI Acquisition of Molecular Biology Laboratory Instruments: The Tree of Life Branches out to MSUM

分子生物学实验室仪器的 MRI 采集：生命之树向 MSUM 延伸

• 批准号: 0820977
• 负责人: Linda Fuselier
• 金额: $ 3.19万
• 依托单位: Minnesota State University Moorhead
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0820977&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Molecular; Biology; Laboratory

A grant has been awarded to Minnesota State University, Moorhead to expand and strengthen collaborative research programs, and to incorporate faculty research into research training courses for undergraduates. Funds from this award will be used to purchase two instruments necessary for molecular biology research. The instruments, a gel visualization system and tissue homogenizer, are integral to a variety of research projects ranging from elucidation of evolutionary relationships among the very earliest of land plants to understanding environmental impacts on population genetics of migratory dragonflies. Undergraduate students will use these molecular biology instruments as they learn to isolate DNA, and gather and analyze molecular data that will be used in larger projects. In particular, the instrumentation will stimulate a collaboration between two universities working on a segment of the ?tree of life? project and thus, provide undergraduates and their mentors an opportunity to contribute to the understanding of the evolution of life on earth.Incorporation of these instruments into the undergraduate science curriculum will provide more students with molecular research experience and maximize integration of faculty research with science education. The importance of integrating molecular skills into a research-infused curriculum cannot be overstated, especially in an age when DNA is used not only to discern evolutionary relationships but to convict or exonerate criminals. Importantly, students will graduate with real-world research experience and a skill set that will make them competitive in the global marketplace.

明尼苏达州立大学穆尔黑德分校获得了一笔拨款，用于扩大和加强合作研究项目，并将教师研究纳入本科生研究培训课程。 该奖项的资金将用于购买分子生物学研究所需的两台仪器。 这些仪器包括凝胶可视化系统和组织匀浆器，是各种研究项目的组成部分，从阐明最早的陆地植物之间的进化关系到了解环境对迁徙蜻蜓种群遗传学的影响。 本科生在学习分离 DNA、收集和分析用于大型项目的分子数据时将使用这些分子生物学仪器。 特别是，该仪器将促进两所大学之间在“生命之树”的一部分上的合作。项目，从而为本科生及其导师提供了一个为理解地球生命进化做出贡献的机会。将这些仪器纳入本科生科学课程将为更多学生提供分子研究经验，并最大限度地将教师研究与科学教育结合起来。 将分子技能融入研究型课程的重要性怎么强调都不为过，尤其是在 DNA 不仅被用来辨别进化关系，而且还被用来给罪犯定罪或无罪的时代。 重要的是，学生毕业时将获得现实世界的研究经验和技能，使他们在全球市场上具有竞争力。