MRI-R2: Acquisition of Instrumentation in Support of Terrestrial, Nearshore and Marine Ecosystems Collaborative Research at the University of Alaska Southeast

MRI-R2：购买仪器以支持阿拉斯加大学东南分校的陆地、近岸和海洋生态系统合作研究

• 批准号: 0960285
• 负责人: Lisa Hoferkamp
• 金额: $ 32.3万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-12-15 至 2012-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0960285&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Acquisition; Instrumentation; Support

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Funds from the NSF MRI-R2 program have been award to the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) for the purchase of analytical equipment that builds capacity for ecological studies. The new equipment includes a fluorescence spectrophotometer, an ion chromatography system, a mass spectrometer, a high speed centrifuge, a FIRe chlorophyll analysis system, a qPCR system, a tissueLyser and a PCR machine. Research supported by the new instruments includes: contaminant transport and attenuation; organic and inorganic nutrient cycling and availability; physiological ecology of marine macrophytes; and crustacean physiology studies. Collectively, the equipment provides for detailed and integrated assessments of the biological and chemical processes that drive the ecological diversity of southeastern Alaska. The science faculty at UAS recognizes that remote and local changes affect southeast Alaskan ecosystems and these impacts in turn affect the Alaskan economy. The new instrumentation facilitates cross-discipline studies and cultivates a transformative research program that contributes to economically diverse, sustainable and viable Alaskan ecosystems. The UAS faculty is committed to programs rooted in its unique natural setting as well as the use of technology in these programs that augment the scope and applicability of the student experience. Faculty-mentored undergraduate research in biology and environmental science is been a primary mechanism for fulfilling these commitments. The new instrumentation further expands scientific research opportunities for undergraduates at UAS. The acquisition also fosters training on equipment that has become standard in science-based careers. UAS is ideally situated for multidisciplinary studies of terrestrial and near-shore ecosystems and in particular, for investigations of climate change since this contemporary issue will have its most immediate impacts at higher latitudes. The need for adequately trained scientists pursuing explorations of the changing natural processes of these regions is critical. Results from the research enabled by the new equipment will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated through student and faculty presentations at regional and national meetings.

该奖项根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资金。美国国家科学基金会 MRI-R2 项目的资金已授予阿拉斯加东南大学 (UAS)，用于购买分析设备，以增强生态研究能力。 新设备包括荧光分光光度计、离子色谱系统、质谱仪、高速离心机、FIRe叶绿素分析系统、qPCR系统、tissueLyser和PCR仪。 新仪器支持的研究包括：污染物迁移和衰减；有机和无机养分循环和可用性；海洋大型植物的生理生态学；和甲壳动物生理学研究。 总的来说，这些设备可以对推动阿拉斯加东南部生态多样性的生物和化学过程进行详细和综合的评估。 阿拉斯加大学科学系认识到，偏远和局部的变化会影响阿拉斯加东南部的生态系统，而这些影响反过来又会影响阿拉斯加的经济。新仪器促进了跨学科研究，并培育了一个变革性的研究项目，为经济多样化、可持续和可行的阿拉斯加生态系统做出了贡献。 UAS 教师致力于植根于其独特自然环境的项目，以及在这些项目中使用技术来扩大学生体验的范围和适用性。 由教师指导的生物学和环境科学本科生研究是履行这些承诺的主要机制。新仪器进一步扩大了UAS本科生的科学研究机会。此次收购还促进了设备培训，这些设备已成为科学职业的标准配置。 无人机系统非常适合陆地和近岸生态系统的多学科研究，特别是气候变化的调查，因为这一当代问题将在高纬度地区产生最直接的影响。至关重要的是，需要训练有素的科学家来探索这些地区不断变化的自然过程。新设备的研究结果将在同行评审期刊上发表，并通过学生和教师在地区和国家会议上的演讲进行传播。