Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory: A Multi-User Resource Lab at the University of Nebraska State Museum

生物多样性综合实验室：内布拉斯加大学州立博物馆的多用户资源实验室

• 批准号: 0500767
• 负责人: Mary Jameson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0500767&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biodiversity; Synthesis; Laboratory; Multi; User

This award provides partial support for the acquisition of Auto-Montage digital imaging instrumentation, DNA extraction and amplification equipment, and equipment associated with multiple vouchering of specimens for biological analyses at a multi-user resource lab at the University of Nebraska State Museum. The instrumentation will be used by a number of investigators for diverse research projects including: (1) phylogenetics, (2) population genetics, (3) phylogeographic analyses, (4) three-dimensional morphometric analyses, and (5) bioinformatics and digital imaging. The equipment will provide leading edge technology and methodology that will allow for complete vouchering of specimens, including digital images, frozen tissues, dried tissues, and DNA sequences. Rigorous vouchering standards for specimens that are associated with molecular analyses are essential so that vouchers can be easily tracked, retrieved, and their identification verified. Voucher specimens form the basis for repeatability, a cornerstone of the scientific method. Whole specimen vouchering will create a virtual collaboration where data are synthesized, assimilated, disseminated, and retrieved electronically, thus expediting the manner in which biological research is conducted.Specimen images and on-line resources that are produced with this equipment will enhance research and education. Remote on-line access to virtual collections, databases, and knowledge will: (1) facilitate multi-investigator and national/international collaborations, (2) empower scientists and the general public in developing nations, (3) accelerate species discovery and biodiversity research, (4) positively impact students and the general public by providing identifications and information necessary for biodiversity management, and (5) allow more efficient utilization of natural resources. Broad and conceptually sound training within the laboratory will allow students to be proficient in biology, bioinformatics, and technology. Systematics (the study of biodiversity) is a source of discoveries and new ideas in biology. This Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory will advance biodiversity research, contribute to the infrastructure of the natural history museum by enhancing its role in DNA banking and genomics, and create predictive frameworks for managing biological resources. Resulting analyses will create the foundation for predicting potential invasive species and biocontrol species and for addressing evolution and adaptive radiation.

该合同为购买Auto-Monage数字成像仪器、DNA提取和放大设备，以及与在内布拉斯加州大学州立博物馆的多用户资源实验室进行生物分析的标本多重担保相关的设备提供部分支持。该仪器将被一些研究人员用于不同的研究项目，包括：(1)系统发育学，(2)种群遗传学，(3)系统地理分析，(4)三维形态测量分析，以及(5)生物信息学和数字成像。该设备将提供尖端技术和方法，允许对标本进行完整的担保，包括数字图像、冰冻组织、干燥组织和DNA序列。对于与分子分析有关的标本，严格的凭证标准至关重要，这样才能容易地跟踪、检索凭证，并核实其身份。凭证样本构成了可重复性的基础，是科学方法的基石。整个标本担保将建立一个虚拟协作，数据以电子方式合成、同化、传播和检索，从而加快生物研究的进行方式。用这种设备产生的特殊图像和在线资源将促进研究和教育。远程在线访问虚拟收藏、数据库和知识将：(1)促进多研究者和国家/国际合作，(2)增强发展中国家的科学家和公众的能力，(3)加速物种发现和生物多样性研究，(4)通过提供生物多样性管理所需的身份和信息，对学生和公众产生积极影响，以及(5)允许更有效地利用自然资源。在实验室内进行广泛和概念健全的培训将使学生精通生物、生物信息学和技术。系统学(对生物多样性的研究)是生物学发现和新思想的源泉。这个生物多样性综合实验室将推进生物多样性研究，通过加强其在DNA库和基因组学中的作用，为自然历史博物馆的基础设施做出贡献，并创建用于管理生物资源的预测性框架。由此产生的分析将为预测潜在的入侵物种和生防物种以及应对进化和适应性辐射奠定基础。