Hi Everyone I have the opportunity to work in a team deciding the best way to spend half million dollars in buying laboratory equipment and supplies for the biology department in a University in Panama (Central America) that lack of modern research equipments. The main idea is to buy equipment that can be used for teaching purpose at undergraduate level, but that can also be used for carrying basic research. We need to carefully decide on equipment that does not involve huge maintenance cost, since further money is not guaranteed. I will appreciate any suggestion from people working in universities, perhaps familiar with teaching undergrad courses in biology. The purpose of this investment is to boost student and faculty interest in doing research. We dont have any particular research area in mind at this point, but we would like to buy equipment that can be used by as many disciplines as possible. Any advice or suggestion on how to prepare this "wish list" will be extremely useful Thank you very much.
Eloisa Lasso ********************************************** Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, Ph.D. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
