Thermo Fisher works with teaching programme
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Edited by the Laboratorytalk editorial team
Dec 19, 2008
A programme initiated by the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) will provide undergraduates with access to the Thermo Scientific Nanodrop 1000 spectrophotometer.
The GCAT programme uses National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to purchase laboratory instrumentation, and encourages colleges and universities to adopt the use of DNA microarrays in their undergraduate curricula through student genomic research.
With the help of GCAT resources, undergraduates design and perform experiments, ship their microarrays to a GCAT site for scanning, and then download and analyse their data.
GCAT assists higher education institutions by providing essential analytical tools, free access to information and results through its website and email distribution list of more than 300 subscribers worldwide.
In response to faculty feedback at GCAT-sponsored workshops, GCAT began working with NSF to provide funding for additional instrumentation at undergraduate institutions.
NSF has funded seven mini-grants to support schools implementing GCAT research activities.
During the 2007 NSF grant cycle of the programme, GCAT received 35 applications for the initial seven grants.
The Thermo Scientific Nanodrop 1000 was the only instrument that was requested by all seven of the funded schools.
According to Dr A Malcolm Campbell, founding director of GCAT and professor of biology at Davidson College, the Nanodrop 1000 eliminates a number of common problems for undergraduates.
Its sample retention technology allows students to conserve precious samples, which can be time-consuming and costly to prepare.
Using conventional methods, students would use up to 40uL of a sample that was not retrieved from the cuvette.
As the Nanodrop 1000 does not require the use of cuvettes, wasted sample is reduced and the associated costs are eliminated.
By installing the Nanodrop 1000, students have been able to reduce the time spent on analysis as well as eliminate the need for costly reagents.
Campbell said: 'The Nanodrop 1000 is ideal for undergraduates as it allows them to focus on science rather than on correcting mistakes due to older technologies.' GCAT projects have replaced some student laboratory methods, which are less prevalent in today's research, such as manual DNA sequencing, and Northern blotting.
To date, approximately 14,000 undergraduates from 150 schools have analysed over 7,000 DNA microarrays through the GCAT programme.
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