RR-03-011, Extramural Research Facilities Construction *

RR-03-011，校外研究设施建设*

• 批准号: 6862294
• 负责人: James F. Kurose
• 金额: $ 709.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-14 至 2012-12-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6862294
• 关键词: Extramural Activities; Extramural Research Facilities Construction Project

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to renovate approximately 23,400 (gross) square feet of research space in the Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC), Towers A and C, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The space to be renovated is presently shared between the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) and Chemistry. The LGRC, a 350,000 square foot complex of research labs, classrooms and offices designed in the late 1960s, is inefficient in terms of space utilization and does not promote interactions between research groups or sharing of equipment. The proposed renovation will remove non-load-bearing walls to increase the total amount of available space and to promote intergroup interactions by placing multiple research groups in shared space. Interactions will also be enhanced by creation and improvement of shared instrumentation space and a centrally located seminar room. The scientific goal of this project is to enhance and expand research efforts at the interface between the biological and physical sciences, which is a high priority for BMB and Chemistry as well as the Department of Physics. The University also views this research collaboration as a high priority (see letter from Chancellor John Lombardi). An existing NIH predoctoral training grant, the Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) Program, supports Ph.D. students in three of the laboratories that will be affected by the renovation. The renovated space will provide space for five existing faculty laboratories, which encompass both sides of the CBI Program, as well as space for two new faculty laboratories. Additionally, nearby space vacated by two of the faculty laboratories slated to move into renovated space will accommodate two additional faculty members. Each of these new faculty laboratories will add research strength to the life science/physical science interface group.

描述（由申请人提供）： 需要资金来翻修马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校 Lederle 研究生研究中心 (LGRC) A 座和 C 座约 23,400 平方英尺的研究空间。待翻新的空间目前由生物化学与分子生物学系（BMB）和化学系共享。 LGRC 是一座占地 350,000 平方英尺的综合体，由研究实验室、教室和办公室组成，设计于 20 世纪 60 年代末，空间利用率低下，并且不促进研究小组之间的互动或设备共享。拟议的翻修将拆除非承重墙，以增加可用空间总量，并通过将多个研究小组置于共享空间来促进小组间互动。共享仪器空间和位于中心的研讨室的创建和改进也将增强互动。 该项目的科学目标是加强和扩大生物科学和物理科学交叉领域的研究工作，这是 BMB 和化学系以及物理系的高度优先事项。该大学还将这项研究合作视为高度优先事项（见约翰·隆巴迪校长的信）。现有的 NIH 博士前培训补助金，即化学/生物学接口 (CBI) 计划，支持博士生。其中三个实验室的学生将受到翻修的影响。翻新后的空间将为五个现有的教师实验室（包括 CBI 项目的两侧）以及两个新的教师实验室提供空间。 此外，附近两个教员实验室腾出的空间将搬入翻新后的空间，可容纳另外两名教员。这些新的教师实验室中的每一个都将为生命科学/物理科学接口小组增加研究实力。