Acquisition of Instrumentation to Enhance the Capabilities for Research and Teaching of the DNA Analysis Core Facility at the Center for Marine Science

购置仪器设备，增强海洋科学中心DNA分析核心设施的研究和教学能力

• 批准号: 0618453
• 负责人: D. Wilson Freshwater
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0618453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Instrumentation; Enhance; Capabilities; Research

A grant has been awarded to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington under the direction of Dr. D. Wilson Freshwater to acquire a genetic analyzer (DNA sequencer) and several pieces of ancillary equipment for the core sequencing facility. Currently, an antiquated sequencer is heavily used and is inadequate to meet the research and teaching needs of a number of faculty who employ sequence data in the research. The new sequencer, an ABI 3130xl Genetic Analyzer, is also more flexible than the older model by allowing several different types of analysis (e.g., nucleotide sequencing and DNA fragment analysis) to be run without delays of switching various components of the instrument. Research topics include fisheries management, biodiversity and evolution of marine and freshwater algae, identification of organisms in microbial communities, and conservation genetics of invertebrates and fishes. The instrument will be used in laboratory sections of several courses and allow undergraduates and graduate students to perform hands-on research. The instrument will also be available to students from a nearby community college and by select high school students.

一笔赠款已授予位于威尔明顿的北卡罗来纳州大学，由D. Wilson Freshwater将为核心测序设施购买一台基因分析仪（DNA测序仪）和几台辅助设备。 目前，一个过时的测序仪被大量使用，是不足以满足研究和教学的需要，一些教师谁在研究中使用的序列数据。 新的测序仪，ABI 3130xl遗传分析仪，也比旧型号更灵活，允许几种不同类型的分析（例如，核苷酸测序和DNA片段分析），以在没有切换仪器的各种组件的延迟的情况下运行。 研究课题包括渔业管理、海洋和淡水藻类的生物多样性和进化、微生物群落中的生物识别以及无脊椎动物和鱼类的保护遗传学。 该仪器将用于几门课程的实验室部分，并允许本科生和研究生进行动手研究。 该仪器还将提供给附近社区大学的学生和精选的高中生。