CSBR: Natural History Collections: Developing Ericaceae research resources through collections enhancement and data integration

杜鹃花科(Ericaceae)植物(4000种)在全球分布，包括经济上重要的成员，如蓝莓、小红莓和杜鹃。纽约植物园(NYBG)获得了纽约植物园(NYBG)和罗格斯大学(Rutgers University)更新物种鉴定、策展、翻新档案存储材料、图像和杜鹃花科研究标本数据库的奖项。这个独特的组合支持生物多样性研究，包括标本标本、液体保存的组织、解剖显微镜幻灯片、木材、DNA样本和活植物的图像。升级为网络框架的计算机化将能够整合和同时搜索所有这些收藏品。教育是这个项目的主要智力优势。博士生将获得两年的支持，同时接受一系列自然历史收藏的管理培训。NYBG还通过培训学生、实习生和国际合作者来发展代表性不足的群体。升级藏品基础设施和电子数据传播将促进藏品在纽约BG以外的教育努力中的使用。利用这些研究材料，将开发一个杜鹃花科解剖学在线地图集和一个K-12教师讲习班。研讨会将教育罗格斯大学生物学本科生和研究生，了解NYBG的藏品作为全球研究、教育和迁地保护的工具。

The plant family Ericaceae (4000 species) has a global distribution and includes economically important members, such as blueberries, cranberries, and rhododendrons. The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) received an award to updated species identifications, curate, refurbish with archival storage materials, image, and database Ericaceae research specimens at both NYBG and Rutgers University. The unique assemblage, which supports biodiversity research, includes herbarium specimens, liquid preserved tissue, anatomical microscope slides, wood, DNA samples, and images of living plants. Computerization upgraded to a web framework will enable the integration and simultaneous searching of all these collections. Education is a primary intellectual merit of this project. A doctoral student will receive two years of support while being trained in the stewardship of an array of natural history collections. NYBG also develops under-represented groups by training students, interns and international collaborators. Upgrading collections infrastructure and electronic data dissemination will facilitate collections use in educational endeavors beyond NYBG. Using these research materials, an on-line atlas of Ericaceae anatomy and a K-12 teachers workshop will be developed. A symposium will educate Rutgers University biology under- and graduate-students about NYBG's collections as a global tool for research, education, and ex situ conservation.