I/UCRC Planning Grant: Doubled Haploid Research

计划在爱荷华州立大学和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校建立一个新的中心，命名为产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，用于加倍单倍体研究(CeDHR)。CeDHR计划为工业应用研究目标提供必要的基础研究基础，并将使加倍单倍体品系生产过程更加有效，并在目前无法获得的物种中获得。研究范围包括四个主要领域，在I/UCRC中是独一无二的：1)单倍体诱导和基因组加倍过程中涉及的基因的分离，2)在物种中建立一个尚未实现的DH系统，3)有效的单倍体筛选程序，以及4)体外苗圃的新概念，包括这一过程和方法的自动化。为了满足全球对食品、饲料和纤维需求的预期增长(到2050年达到100%)，必须加快遗传改良的效率、可靠性和速度。拟建中心的使命将是简化和联系工业界和学术界的努力，通过正式和扩展的研究伙伴关系，加快利用加倍单倍体(DH)进行植物育种。拟建中心内的学生和博士后研究人员将在ISU和UIUC接受专业发展培训。此外，行业代表表示，他们需要受过多学科本科或研究生培训的科学家；该中心的主要目标将是满足这一关键的培训和教育需求。中心受训人员，包括少数族裔和代表性不足的群体，将来自不同的背景。研究成果将在国际上传播。

A new center is to be planned based at Iowa State University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign named the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Doubled Haploid Research (CeDHR). CeDHR plans to provide the basic research foundation necessary for the applied research goals of industry and will make the process of Doubled Haploid line production both more effective and available in species where it is currently unavailable. The research scope, comprised of four primary areas, is unique among I/UCRCs: 1) Isolation of genes involved in the haploid induction and genome doubling process, 2) Establishment of a DH system in species, where it is not available yet, 3) Efficient screening procedures for haploids, and 4) A novel concept of an in vitro nursery including automation of this process and methods. In order to meet the projected increase of global demand for food, feed, and fibre (100% by 2050), the efficiency, reliability, and speed of genetic improvement must be accelerated. The mission for the proposed Center will be to streamline and link the efforts of industry and academia towards speeding up plant breeding using doubled haploid (DH) through a formalized and extended research partnership. Students and postdoctoral researchers within the proposed Center will receive professional development training at both ISU and UIUC. In addition, industry representatives have indicated their need for scientists with multidisciplinary undergraduate or graduate training; a primary goal of the Center will be to address this critical training and educational need. Center trainees, including minorities and underrepresented groups, will be drawn from diverse backgrounds. Research findings will be disseminated internationally.