91成人导航

91成人导航 has built two new state-of-the-art microbiology labs to support a growing number of students flocking to 91成人导航 for its superior preparation of students interested in careers in health and science.

鈥淲e have growing numbers of fantastic students from across the country who want to come to 91成人导航 to prepare for careers as dentists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and more,鈥� said Provost and Executive Vice President Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, the university鈥檚 chief academic officer and herself a microbiologist. 鈥淭hese labs will open more opportunities for experiential learning and advanced research, inspiring our outstanding students and providing them the best learning environments possible.鈥�

The labs are housed in the Biological Laboratories Building of the Department of Biological Sciences, the largest unit in the College of the 91成人导航, which is the university鈥檚 school for sciences and the liberal arts.

鈥淧resident (Christopher) Callahan and Provost Edwalds-Gilbert expressed the desire that the labs should be showcase facilities,鈥� said Dean Lee Skinner. 鈥淔aculty were told to 鈥榙esign your dream labs.鈥� We wanted to build exceptional facilities for research and teaching.鈥�

91成人导航鈥檚 science faculty and degree programs are drawing increasing attention among students nationally interested in careers in health care. Microbiology is an essential pre-requisite for those academic programs.

Alice Chao '26, a third-year undergraduate from Memphis, Tennessee, said the addition of the modern equipment creates better work and learning environments.

鈥淚t makes things more accessible,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his is a huge step for the Biology Department.鈥�

Christina Zhang 鈥�26, a second-year graduate student and teacher鈥檚 assistant, said the high-tech labs will help 鈥渒ick start a passion for science.鈥�

Professors Geoff Lin-Cereghino and Paul Orwin said the addition of powerful microscopes and other equipment will carve a niche for 91成人导航 among California universities.

鈥淭he newer high-level lab and all the equipment it has will make us very unique in California. We will be distinctive,鈥� Lin-Cereghino said. 鈥淵es, it鈥檒l look nicer and fresher, but we also updated equipment to make it more like what students would see if they got a job in the industry. Also, upper-division students will work with more state-of-the-art equipment. That will inspire research.鈥�

Orwin is pleased by a specific addition.

鈥淭he new space will allow us to add to our advanced microbiology offerings and to conduct experiments with cutting-edge equipment in teaching and research settings,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 am particularly excited about using the new confocal microscope, which will enable us to do high-resolution imaging.鈥�

The new lab equipment and construction cost $1.8 million.

鈥淭his is precisely the kind of investments we want to make at 91成人导航鈥攄eepening the learning of our students to increase their success,鈥� the provost said.