A DNA Bank Catalog for The New York Botanical Garden

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。纽约植物园（NYBG）获得了一笔赠款，用于数据库和管理其DNA银行。该项目将处理由于意外生长而积累的未处理标本。由于为记录日益减少的生物多样性而加大的努力，以及大型多机构项目（如TreeBOL）的结果，申请数量激增。提高存储效率，建立组织样本和DNA等价物数据库，并与代金券植物标本室标本数据统一。纽约植物园的植物标本室是世界上咨询最多的植物标本室之一，因此，它的标本有最新的鉴定。联机目录将促进科学界有效地获取这些研究材料（http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/DNABank.asp）。培训和职业发展将提供给一名技术人员和一名研究生在这个项目工作。NYBG通过其实习生和研究生课程以及培训国际合作者来发展少数民族和代表性不足的群体。以物理和电子方式组织DNA库将促进它们在这些教育工作中的使用，允许没有这些资源的科学家参与生命条形码的研究，并将NYBG定位为未来样本的国际存储库（例如，nsf资助的MonAToL）。NYBG制定的做法可以被其他机构采用。该网页将激发公众对DNA银行所支持的重要研究的认识。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has been awarded a grant to database and curate it's DNA Bank. This project will address unprocessed specimens that have accumulated due to unanticipated growth. Accessions have surged from escalated efforts to document dwindling biodiversity and as a result of large scale multi-institutional projects (e.g., TreeBOL). Storage efficiency will be improved, tissue samples and DNA aliquots will be databased, and these data united with voucher herbarium specimen data. NYBG's herbarium is one of the most consulted in the world, and thus, its specimens have up-to-date identifications. An on-line catalog will promote efficient access to these research materials by the scientific community (http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/DNABank.asp). Training and career development will be provided to a technician and a graduate student working on this project. NYBG develops minority and under-represented groups through its intern and Graduate Studies programs, and by training international collaborators. Organizing the DNA Bank physically and electronically will facilitate their use in these educational endeavors, allow scientists without these resources to participate in Barcode of Life research, and position NYBG to be an international repository for future samples (e.g., NSF-funded MonAToL). Practices instituted at NYBG can be adopted by other institutions. The web page will stimulate the public's awareness of the significant research the DNA Bank supports.