Multiuser Facilities for Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

斯坦福大学的霍普金斯海洋研究站（HMS）成立于1892年，自1917年以来一直作为一个全年都有常驻教师的设施持续运作。它位于加利福尼亚州的太平洋格罗夫，距离斯坦福大学校园90英里。它占地11英亩，拥有一英里的海岸线，保留了加州海岸最丰富的潮间带环境之一。该站有7名常驻教师，另外6名来自主校区的教师也在HMS维护实验室。HMS的一项重要的新工作是应用现代分子技术来解决海洋生物学和生物海洋学的基本问题，目前正在规划阶段的一个大型新建筑的建设将为这项工作提供支持。HMS的住院和非住院教师是这一新的研究前沿的领导者。这笔资金将用于购买一些用于海洋生物技术研究的基本设备（超离心机、凝胶盒、显微镜等）。斯坦福大学将提供至少70万美元的配套资金，以确保这一激动人心的新冒险取得成功。此外，斯坦福大学已经在未来几年拨出了大量资金，用于新教师职位、设立基金、实验室装修和HMS设施的技术支持。

The Hopkins Marine Station (HMS) of Stanford University was founded in 1892 and has been in continuous operation as a year- round facility with resident faculty since 1917. It is located in Pacific Grove, California, 90 miles from the Stanford campus. Its site consists of 11 acres with one mile of shoreline that preserves one of the richest pieces of intertidal environment on the California coast. The Station has seven resident faculty and six other faculty members from the main campus also maintain labs at HMS. A major new effort at HMS, to be supported by erection of a large new building currently in the planning stage, is the application of modern molecular techniques to address fundamental questions in marine biology and biological oceanography. The resident and non-resident faculty of HMS are leaders in this new research frontier. This award will purchase some essential equipment (ultracentrifuges, gel boxes, microscopes, etc.) for use in marine biotechnological research. Stanford will commit at least $700,000 in matching funds to ensure that this exciting new adventure succeeds. Moreover, Stanford has earmarked substantial funds in future years for new faculty positions, set-up funds, laboratory renovations and technical support for the facilities at HMS.