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）将支持快速获取南极翼足类动物Limacina helicina的DNA序列，这一资源将允许开发cDNA微阵列来描述这种关键海洋无脊椎动物对海洋酸化的反应。这一请求将促进主要研究者（霍夫曼）（海洋分子生态学家）与共同主要研究者维多利亚法布里教授（翼足类动物钙化生物学专家和海洋酸化研究界的领导者）的合作。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沃茨的翼足类动物有用。该项目的更广泛影响将是为一种受到海洋酸化威胁的重要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学研究界共享。

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.