Truett McConnell University recently received a grant of $20,000 from the Carolyn King Ragan Charitable Foundation to purchase a DNA Sequencer.
The DNA Sequencer will be used to find the exact information found in DNA, as it relates to genomes of intestine-adapted strains of E. coli. Andrew Fabich, Associate Professor of Microbiology at TMU, explained that, with the use of this new piece of equipment, students will learn the recipe for how to make a protein, since proteins carry out all of life’s functions within organisms.
The DNA Sequencer will assist the School of STEM in completing sequencing of E. coli genomes utilizing both graduate and undergraduate students.
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