Science of Opportunity: A SGER proposal to support the development of genomic resources for Antarctic pteropods

这项探索性研究小额赠款（SGER）将支持南极翼足类动物Limacina helicina的DNA序列的快速获取，这一资源将允许开发cDNA微阵列来分析这种重要的海洋无脊椎动物对海洋酸化的基因表达。这一要求将促进海洋分子生态学家PI （Hofmann）与副PI Victoria Fabry教授的合作，Victoria Fabry教授是翼足类钙化生物学专家，也是海洋酸化研究界的领导者。最后，这里开发的资源将与极地研究界共享，所有DNA序列数据和协议将通过网络数据库提供。值得注意的是，这里开发的基因组工具很可能对南极和北极水域的翼足类动物有用。这个项目更广泛的影响将是为一种受到海洋酸化威胁的重要的南极海洋无脊椎动物开发基因组工具。此外，这些资源将与极地生物研究界共享。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will support the rapid acquisition of DNA sequence for the Antarctic pteropod Limacina helicina, a resource that would allow the development of a cDNA microarray to profile gene expression in this critical marine invertebrate in response to ocean acidification. This request would facilitate the collaboration of the PI (Hofmann), a marine molecular ecologist, with co-PI, Prof. Victoria Fabry, an expert in pteropod calcification biology, and a leader in the ocean acidification research community. Finally, the resources developed here would be shared with the polar research community and all DNA sequence data and protocols would be available via web databases. Notably, the genomic tool developed here would most likely be useful for pteropods from Antarctic and Arctic waters. The broader impacts of this project would be the development of genomic tools for a critical Antarctic marine invertebrate that is threatened by ocean acidification. In addition, these resources would be shared with the polar biology research community.