MRI: Aquisition of a Molecular Ecology and Systematics Laboratory at Cincinnati Museum Center

MRI：收购辛辛那提博物馆中心的分子生态学和系统学实验室

• 批准号: 0821703
• 负责人: Herman Mays
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Cincinnati Museum Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0821703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Aquisition; Molecular; Ecology; Systematics

The ability to analyze life?s genetic code has revolutionized biology. Ecology and evolutionary biology in particular have experienced a renaissance during the past two decades due to the application of molecular genetic tools. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is well poised to enter the modern age of molecular-based studies in ecology and evolution. Dr. Herman Mays Jr., CMC zoology curator, will develop a working molecular genetics laboratory at CMC through a Major Research Instrumentation award from the National Science Foundation. Educators and researchers from a consortium of local institutions including public and private high schools, small colleges and universities including Xavier University and Thomas More College, and other institutions such as the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden will utilize this facility at CMC in education at every level, from high school to graduate students, and use these instruments to employ molecular genetic tools in basic and applied research in ecology and evolutionary biology. Additionally, these instruments will allow a myriad of research projects to be conducted on the nearly 300,000 zoology specimens at CMC and used to educate the general public about genetics, ecology and evolution through exhibits and programming tied to the laboratory.

分析生命遗传密码的能力彻底改变了生物学。由于分子遗传学工具的应用，生态学和进化生物学在过去二十年中经历了复兴。辛辛那提博物馆中心 (CMC) 已做好进入生态学和进化分子研究的现代时代的准备。 CMC 动物学馆长 Herman Mays Jr. 博士将通过国家科学基金会颁发的重大研究仪器奖，在 CMC 建立一个工作分子遗传学实验室。来自当地机构联盟的教育工作者和研究人员，包括公立和私立高中、泽维尔大学和托马斯莫尔学院等小型学院和大学，以及辛辛那提动物园和植物园等其他机构，将利用 CMC 的这一设施进行从高中到研究生的各个级别的教育，并利用这些仪器在生态学和进化生物学的基础和应用研究中采用分子遗传学工具。此外，这些仪器将允许对 CMC 的近 300,000 个动物学标本进行大量研究项目，并通过与实验室相关的展览和节目来教育公众有关遗传学、生态学和进化的知识。