Upgrade and Renovation of Plant Growth Facilities at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

摘要该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。资金提供给冷泉港实验室（CSHL），以翻新和升级我们的高地农场研究野外站现有的植物生长设施。CSHL有一个广泛的温室综合体，在那里进行了拟南芥和作物的开创性工作。对作物产量和作物适应低于标准条件的研究具有全球影响，随着这些设施的改善，这种影响将增加。温室和生长室用于支持研究计划，并支持CSHL多兰DNA学习中心的植物遗传学教学计划。这些老化和过时的设施不足以满足当前基因组驱动的植物生物学研究的需求。基础设施的改善将为更多样化的植物品种提供适当的生长条件，并将提高设施的能源效率。在拟议的翻修中，CSHL打算：1更换两个较小温室中的锅炉，并在三个温室中最大的温室中更换两个锅炉燃烧器装置。2在三个温室中的每一个中安装更新的蒸发冷却装置。3在所有三个温室中安装自动通风，通风和灌溉系统。4更换最大温室上老化，模糊的丙烯酸护套。5翻新并改进最大温室的头罩。6用带有节能器通风装置的现代化和更高效的装置更换田间站实验室中的冷却装置。7用改进的，高效机组并安装专用加热回路。

Abstract This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds are provided for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) to renovate and upgrade existing plant growth facilities at our Uplands Farm Research Field Station. CSHL has an extensive greenhouse complex offsite where seminal work in Arabidopsis and crop plants has been conducted. The research focus on crop yield and adaptation of crops to substandard conditions has global impact and this will increase with these improved facilities. The greenhouses and growth rooms are used to support the research programs and also support the plant genetics teaching programs of the CSHL Dolan DNA Learning Center. These aging and outdated facilities are inadequate to meet the demands of current genome driven plant biology research. The infrastructural improvements will provide appropriate growing conditions for a greater diversity of plant species and will increase the energy efficiency of the facilities. In the proposed renovations, CSHL intends to:1 Replace boilers in two smaller greenhouses, and two boiler burner units in the largest of the three greenhouses.2 Install updated evaporative cooling units in each of the three greenhouses.3 Install automated ventilation, sunshade, and irrigation systems in all three greenhouses.4 Replace the aging, hazed acrylic sheathing on the largest greenhouse.5 Renovate and improve the head house of the largest greenhouse.6 Replace the cooling unit in the Field Station Laboratory with a modern and more efficient unit with an economizer ventilation unit.7 Replace outdated lighting fixtures in the Arabidopsis growth facilities with improved, high-efficiency units and install a dedicated heating loop.