MRI: Acquisition of Next Generation Sequencers

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。在核磁共振计划的资助下，创建了一个致力于植物基因组学的“下一代”测序中心。国家研究委员会最近发布了一份关于植物基因组计划的报告，呼吁建立这样的中心。该设施将用于广泛的项目，从各种植物基因组和转录本的从头测序到表观遗传学研究。该中心将包括一台Illumina GAIIx DNA测序仪以及用于数据分析和存储的计算机设备。这样的中心当然存在，用于人类和动物测序，但专用的植物测序仪器将是一个重要的发展，将极大地影响植物基因组学。下一代测序的强大能力的可用性将允许更快地收集植物基因组数据。该中心极大地加强了可供植物基因组社区使用的下一代测序的国家基础设施，并对培训科学家使用此类设备做出了有意义的贡献。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funding from the MRI program has created a "next generation" sequencing center, dedicated to plant genomics. Such centers were recently called for by a report on the plant genome project by the National Research Council. The facility will be used for a wide range of projects ranging from de novo sequencing of the various plant genomes and transcriptomes to studies of epigenetics. The center will consist of an Illumina GAIIx DNA sequencer and computer equipment for data analysis and storage. Such centers exist of course for human and animal sequencing, but dedicated instruments for plant sequencing will be an important development that would greatly impact plant genomics. The availability of substantial capability in next generation sequencing will allow the much more rapid collection of plant genomics data. The center greatly enhances the national infrastructure for next generation sequencing that is available to the plant genome community, and contributes meaningfully to the training of scientists to use such equipment.