Genetic and Phylogenetic Resources for Biology and Evolution of Fishes

圣路易斯大学的遗传资源和收集（GRC）是世界上最大的鱼类组织收集机构之一，成立于20世纪80年代末。这个集合包含的组织和相关信息在物种的地理覆盖和物种多样性方面是不可替代的，适合于大量的进化、生态、分子和毒性研究。GRC是一个重要的、国际知名的资源库，包含重要的时间样本和地理材料，可用于与基因表达、生态学、毒理学、流行病学、生理学和解剖学相关的调查。该收藏的全面性为人类健康、粮食安全、人类安全和安全、长期生计和社会经济发展以及鱼类的系统和进化生物学提供了重要的材料。该奖项将提供为期两年的资助，以加强GRC的策展工作。活动将包括购买新的冰柜和一个冰柜数据库系统，并将支持一个网络系统，以便更有效地进行收集管理和用户访问，一个有效的跟踪和盘存系统，以及监管链。一个新的工作人员馆长职位将作为永久收藏经理。自1980年以来，GRC已向122个机构和532名科学家赠送或交换了24122份标本（有时个人多次要求）；赠送的标本从1个到4484个，物种从1个到2884个；55篇博士论文使用了该收藏的材料。这笔赠款还将使公众更容易获得该收藏的藏品，并制定组织收藏的最佳做法手册，以及对世界鱼类组织资源进行调查。

An award had been made to support for one of the largest tissue collections of fishes in the world, Saint Louis University's Genetic Resources and Collection (GRC), started in the late 1980's. This collection contains tissues and associated information that are irreplaceable with respect to geographic coverages of species and species diversity, suitable for a plethora of evolutionary, ecological, molecular, and toxicity studies. The GRC is an important, internationally known repository and contains important temporal samples and geographic materials for use in investigations associated with gene expression, ecology, toxicology, epidemiology, and physiology, and anatomy. The thoroughness of this collection provides materials significant to human health, food security, human security and safety, and long-term livelihood and socio-economic development, and systematic and evolutionary biology of fishes. This award will provide funding for two years to enhance the curation of the GRC. Activities will include purchase of new freezers and a freezer databasing system, and will support a web-based system for more efficient collection management and user access, an effective tracking and inventory system, and chain-of-custody. A new staff curator position will serve as a permanent collections manager. Since 1980 the GRC has gifted or exchanged 24,122 specimens to 122 institutions and 532 scientists (sometimes multiple requests by individual); gifts range from 1 to 4,484 specimens and from 1 to 2,884 species; 55 Ph. D. dissertations have used materials from the collection. This grant will also allow for enhanced public access to the holdings of the collection and the development of a best practices manual for tissue collections and a survey of the world's tissue resources on fishes.