FSML: Ambient Laboratory for the La Selva Biological Station, OTS, Costa Rica

FSML：哥斯达黎加 OTS 拉塞尔瓦生物站环境实验室

• 批准号: 1319081
• 负责人: Elizabeth Losos
• 金额: $ 13.7万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1319081&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Ambient; Laboratory; La; Selva

The Organization of Tropical Studies is awarded a grant to construct a new ambient laboratory at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica in order to support a significant number of researchers and students requiring such a facility and to improve broadband access and connectivity for research purposes. An ambient laboratory is a facility that allows research with plant and animal subjects under conditions similar to those found in nature (such as temperature, humidity, and ventilation). The location, characteristics, and conditions of a fully-functioning ambient laboratory are critical for the performance of realistic and accurate experimentation, cultivation, and observation. Constructing a new stand-alone ambient laboratory facility at La Selva will replace a temporary one-room ambient laboratory and help meet the demands of 37 to 40 research projects (33 of which are supported by NSF grants) and a total of 86 researchers, graduate students, and research assistants. The new ambient laboratory will improve substantially the capacity, types, and quality of projects that can be carried out at the station by increasing lab space by 70%. The new space will meet the more stringent ambient conditions for research and would add equipment and cyber connectivity (drying ovens, incubators, autoclave, stereo-microscope, timer-controlled lighting, sources of rain and filtered water, and permanent records of ambient temperature and humidity). It will increase and improve the availability of equipment to support experiments and studies that require ambient conditions, including an ambient monitoring system to accurately assess conditions in the lab, equipment for general use of researchers and students, and a number of other features, such as rainwater collection system, water purification system, incubators, and cooling units to support studies. Finally, bandwidth will be increased up to 40 mbps to keep ahead of the trend toward greater data streaming that is increasingly being used by scientists at the station. Expanded fiber optic access in the new ambient laboratory will allow researchers to efficiently and productively conduct cutting-edge research in a tropical forest setting.OTS graduate and undergraduate courses spend significant time at La Selva, including a site-based REU program for students from (1) non-R1 research universities and colleges; (2) groups under-represented in the sciences; and (3) financially disadvantaged situations. In addition, OTS' REU program for Native American and Pacific Islander undergraduate students also spend part of their summer conducting research at the station. During the peak summer field season, the new ambient lab will ease congestion considerably and provide an enriching educational, long-lasting experience. For more information about La Selva Biological Station, visit the OTS website at http://www.ots.ac.cr.

热带研究组织获得一笔赠款，用于在哥斯达黎加的拉塞尔瓦生物站建造一个新的环境实验室，以支持大量需要这种设施的研究人员和学生，并改善研究目的的宽带接入和连通性。环境实验室是一种设施，允许在与自然界相似的条件下（如温度，湿度和通风）对植物和动物进行研究。一个功能齐全的环境实验室的位置、特征和条件对于进行真实和准确的实验、培养和观察至关重要。在拉塞尔瓦建造一个新的独立环境实验室设施将取代一个临时的一室环境实验室，并帮助满足37至40个研究项目（其中33个由NSF赠款）和86名研究人员，研究生和研究助理的需求。新的环境实验室将通过增加70%的实验室空间，大大提高空间站项目的能力、类型和质量。新空间将满足更严格的研究环境条件，并将增加设备和网络连接（干燥箱，孵化器，高压灭菌器，立体显微镜，定时控制照明，雨水和过滤水的来源，以及环境温度和湿度的永久记录）。它将增加和改善设备的可用性，以支持需要环境条件的实验和研究，包括准确评估实验室条件的环境监测系统，研究人员和学生通用的设备，以及一些其他功能，如雨水收集系统，水净化系统，孵化器和冷却装置，以支持研究。最后，带宽将增加到40 mbps，以保持领先的趋势，更大的数据流，这是越来越多的科学家在车站使用。在新的环境实验室扩大光纤接入将允许研究人员在热带森林环境中高效和富有成效地进行尖端研究。OTS研究生和本科生课程在La Selva花费大量时间，包括基于站点的REU计划，适用于来自（1）非R1研究型大学和学院的学生;（2）科学中代表不足的群体;（3）经济困难的情况。此外，OTS为美洲原住民和太平洋岛民本科生开设的REU项目也会在夏季的一部分时间在该站进行研究。在夏季野外作业高峰期，新的环境实验室将大大缓解拥挤，并提供丰富的教育，持久的经验。有关La Selva生物站的更多信息，请访问OTS网站http://www.ots.ac.cr。