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）已被授予数据库和管理其DNA银行的赠款。该项目将解决由于意外生长而积累的未处理标本。由于加大努力记录日益减少的生物多样性，以及由于大规模的多机构项目（例如，TreeBOL）。存储效率将得到提高，组织样本和DNA等分试样将被数据库化，并且这些数据与凭证植物标本馆标本数据相结合。NYBG的植物标本馆是世界上咨询最多的标本馆之一，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）。将为从事该项目的一名技术人员和一名研究生提供培训和职业发展。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。组织DNA库的物理和电子将促进他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研究，并将NYBG定位为未来样本的国际储存库（例如，NSF资助的MonAToL）。其他机构也可以采用纽约警察学院制定的做法。该网页将激发公众对DNA库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.