Enhancements for the Genetic Resources of the Florida Museum of Natural History

在胡安·A·洛佩兹博士的指导下，佛罗里达大学获得了一笔赠款，用于购买建立低温存储设施的设备，以存储佛罗里达自然历史博物馆标本中的30,000多个DNA、RNA和蛋白质样本。该项目将有助于标准化储存和保存方法，以确保用于科学研究的冷冻遗传物质的长期维护。随着研究人员能够从传统的博物馆标本和新的现场收藏中收集大分子成分，这样的样本变得更加重要。低温储存设施中的材料将使用软件包Freezerworks进行编目。两名研究生将参与该项目，接受低温和保存方法方面的培训，并在获奖期间担任收藏经理。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Florida under the direction of Dr. Juan A. Lopez to acquire equipment for the establishment of a cryogenic storage facility to house more than 30,000 samples of DNA, RNA, and protein from specimens in the Florida Museum of Natural History. The project will help standardize storage and preservation methods to ensure long-term maintenance of frozen genetic materials for scientific research. Such samples are assuming greater importance, as investigators are able to gather the macromolecular components from traditional museum specimens as well as new field collections. Materials in the cryogenic storage facility will be catalogued using the software package Freezerworks. Two graduate students will participate in the project and be trained in cryogenic and curatorial methods and serve as collection managers for the duration of the award.