LSC: Operation of UTEX Culture Collecton of Algae

在杰里·J·布兰德博士的指导下，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获得了一笔赠款，以支持UTEX藻类培养物收集中心，这是一个拥有2,600多种藻类和蓝藻的研究和教学资源。 该收藏为美国和世界各地的研究人员提供文化。 在过去的五年里，有600多个新菌株被纳入收藏。 一个经常更新的网页提供了一个订购藻类的方法，以及这些生物的生物学和文化的信息。 UTEX已响应用户的要求，提供高分辨率的数字图像。藻类收集还提供大量的培养基，并以象征性的成本提供DNA提取服务。 越来越多的菌株被冷冻保存，这是一种需要更少劳动力和增强培养物长期可及性的保存方法。 该系列每年在数百篇同行评审文章中引用，项目范围从藻类作为动物和人类食物补充剂，制药，生物燃料和其他应用。 该奖项将支持人员维护UTEX收集，包括将接受藻类生物学培训的学生工作者。 作为教育活动的一部分，每年向得克萨斯州市政水质实验室的雇员举办一次"供水中的藻类"讲习班。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Dr. Jerry J. Brand to support the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, a research and teaching resource of more than 2,600 strains of algae and cyanobacteria. The collection provides cultures to users for researchers in the United States and worldwide. More than 600 new strains have been accessioned into the collection in the past five years. A frequently updated web page provides a means for ordering algae, as well as information on the biology and culture of these organisms. UTEX has responded to users' requests to provide high-resolution digital images. The Algal Collection also provides bulk volumes of culture media, and a DNA extracting service at a nominal cost. An increasing number of strains are cryopreserved, a method of preservation that requires less labor and enhanced long-term accessibility to the cultures. The collection is cited in hundreds of peer reviewed articles each year, in projects ranging from algae as animal and human food supplements, pharmaceuticals, biofuels, and other applications. The award will support the personnel to maintain the UTEX collection, including student workers who will be trained in algal biology. An annual "algae in water supplies" workshop is presented to employees of municipal water-quality laboratories in Texas as part of educational activities.