FSML: Upgrading the Whitney Laboratory's capability for marine genomics

佛罗里达大学(UF)获得拨款，为惠特尼海洋生物科学实验室购买了一台最先进的固态半导体DNA测序仪，并与UF主校区建立了新的高带宽互联网连接。惠特尼实验室距离盖恩斯维尔的主校区约90英里，在利用海洋生物多样性解决生物医学科学的基本问题方面处于领先地位。新设备将允许9个常驻研究实验室以及来自世界各地的来访科学家利用他们在细胞和分子方法方面的现有优势来了解神经系统和发育。惠特尼的研究人员利用在当地水域中发现的各种不同的动物，利用它们的有利特性(如大尺寸、光学特性和繁殖力)来解决感觉生物学、节律活动的神经控制、昼夜节律行为以及细胞分辨率下的胚胎发育等重要问题。惠特尼的研究人员开创了许多针对单个细胞和全基因组测序的开创性分子技术。惠特尼实验室在海洋和陆地环境之间的交界处进行第三代测序的能力使人们能够在自然环境中的分子水平上研究生物体。作为密歇根大学的一个研究机构，惠特尼大学全年培养本科生、研究生和博士后，并在夏季(过去26年！)培训REU学生。此外，惠特尼还为圣约翰斯和弗拉格勒县地区的K-12学生开设了多个STEM项目，并在惠特尼？在我们260个座位的海洋研究中心大楼里举办了一系列成人研讨会，为我们当地社区带来了令人兴奋的科学研究利益。高带宽的“Lambda Rail”互联网连接将使我们不仅可以与世界各地的同事分享我们的研究数据，还可以利用位于盖恩斯维尔的UF主校区的高性能计算能力进行数据分析。有关惠特尼实验室的更多信息，请访问其网站(http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/).

The University of Florida (UF) is awarded a grant to purchase a state-of-the art solid-state semiconductor DNA sequencer for the Whitney Lab for Marine Bioscience and a new high bandwidth internet connection to the main UF campus. Situated some 90 miles from the main campus in Gainesville, the Whitney lab is a leader in utilizing marine biodiversity to address fundamental problems in biomedical science. The new equipment will allow the nine resident research labs as well as visiting scientists from around the world to utilize their existing strengths in cellular and molecular approaches to understanding neural systems and development. Researchers at Whitney utilize a variety of different animals found in local waters to exploit their favorable properties (such as the large size, optical properties, and fecundity) to address important issues in sensory biology, the neural control of rhythmic activity, circadian behavior, and embryonic development at cellular resolution. A number of pioneering molecular techniques of individual cells and total genome sequencing have been initiated by Whitney researchers. The capacity to perform "third" generation sequencing at the interface between marine and terrestrial environments at the Whitney lab allows the ability to study organisms at the molecular level in their natural environment. As a research facility of UF, Whitney trains undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students throughout the year, as well as REU students in the summer (for the last 26 years!). In addition, Whitney has a number of STEM programs for K-12 students in the St. Johns and Flagler county areas and a highly successful ?Evenings at Whitney? adult seminar series in our 260 seat Center for Marine Studies building that brings exciting benefits of scientific research to our local community. The high bandwith "Lambda Rail" internet connection will allow us not only to share our research data with colleagues around the world, but leverages the high performance computing capabilities located at the UF main campus in Gainesville for data analysis. More information about the Whitney Lab can be found on its website (http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/).