Award Abstract #0619206 Acquisition of a Molecular Devices GenePix 4000B Scanner and a Bio-Rad iQ5 Real-Time PCR System for Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching in an Undergraduate College Setting
Steven E. Ellis
DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:
September 1, 2006
Expires:
August 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:
$112591
Investigator(s):
Brian Tjaden btjaden@wellesley.edu (Principal Investigator)
Marc Tetel (Co-Principal Investigator) Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481 781/283-2079
NSF Program(s):
MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):
BIOT, 9184, 1189
Program Element Code(s):
1189
ABSTRACT
A grant has been awarded to Wellesley College under the direction of Dr. Brian C. Tjaden for the acquisition of a microarray scanner and a real-time PCR system to be used in genomic research and teaching at the college. Nine faculty will directly benefit from the new equipment, which will be used in studies of bacterial RNA genes, phototropin signaling modules in the model plant Arabidopsis, function of ovarian steroid hormones in the brain, and transcriptional responses of cancer cells in the pancreas. The equipment will be incorporated into laboratory exercises in undergraduate courses in biology and neuroscience. Wellesley is a college for womenwith a strong track record in educating women in science. The new instrumentation will enhance the academic experiences of the women students and provide them with tools to expand research opportunities.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Brian Tjaden
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"A multidisciplinary course in computational biology
,"
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
,
v.22,
2007,
p. 80.
J.R. Mellin, Sulip Goswami, Susan Grogan, Brian Tjaden, and Caroline A. Genco.
"A novel Fur and iron-regulated small RNA, NrrF, is required for indirect Fur-mediated regulation of the sdhA and sdhC genes in Neisseria meningitidis,"
Journal of Bacteriology,
v.189,
2007,
p. 3686.
Tjaden, B.
"TargetRNA: a tool for predicting targets of small RNA action in bacteria,"
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH,
v.36,
2008,
p. W109
- W113.
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