CSBR: Living Stocks: Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota

国家海洋藻类和微生物区系中心(NCMA)被授予接收、维护和分发(主要)活的海藻培养物的中央储存库。NCMA拥有39个分类纲的2739个菌株，代表了所有主要的光合作用藻类群。因此，NCMA拥有世界上最大和最多样化的公开可获得的海洋藻类品种。与该项目相关的具体目标包括：(1)增加藻类多样性，减少核心物种中的菌株冗余；(2)通过数据管理和网站功能的升级，提高策展效率和用户体验；(3)实施积极的商业战略，以确保未来的可持续性，以支持我们的使命；(4)通过创新的基于信息技术的外联活动，扩大影响。资金将促进NCMA教育计划的扩展，包括以短期为重点的课程和网络研讨会，增加教育推广的机会。通过升级后的网站，PI计划发布新闻式的专题文章：这些文章将通过新的月刊《得到藻类》、博客和社交媒体积极地呈现给客户。欲了解更多信息，请访问：http：www.ncma.bigelow.org。

An award is made to the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) to serve as a central repository to receive, maintain and distribute living cultures of (primarily) marine algae. The NCMA holds 2,739 strains in 39 taxonomic classes, representing all the major photosynthetic algal groups. Thus, the NCMA maintains the largest and most diverse collection of publicly available marine algal strains in the world. Specific goals related to this project include: (1) Increasing algal diversity and reducing strain redundancy in the core collection; (2) Improving curatorial efficiency and user experience through upgrades in data management and website functionality; (3) Implementing an aggressive business strategy to ensure future sustainability to support our mission and; (4) Increase broader impacts through innovative IT-based outreach activities.The NCMA represents a unique facility for researchers, educators and companies worldwide, all interested in working with algae as a resource to investigate fundamental questions in biology, global processes and biotechnology. Funding will facilitate expansion of education programs at NCMA to include short focused courses and webinars, increasing the opportunity for educational outreach. Through an upgraded website, the PIs plan to publish journalism-style featured articles: that will be actively presented to customers through 'got algae'?, a new monthly eblast magazine, blogs and social media. More information may be obtained at: http:www.ncma.bigelow.org.