CSBR: Living Stocks, Operation of a Culture Collection of Algae

CSBR：活畜、藻类培养物保藏库的运营

• 批准号: 1560772
• 负责人: David Nobles
• 金额: $ 41.53万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Living; Stocks; Operation; Culture

CSBR: Living Stocks: Operation of a Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Texas - Austin.An award is made to the Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Texas at Austin (UTEX), one of only a handful of very large and diverse public collections of living algae. Many kinds of UTEX algae are unique and irreplaceable. Every year UTEX distributes thousands of living algal cultures, at modest charge, to scientists, educators, and students throughout the U.S. and the world. The investigator plans to continue a tradition of service to the research and education communities by providing them cultures of living algae, among other services. The work proposed includes research on cryopreservation technology, biochemical characterization, genomic sequencing and taxonomic identification services. The great interest in microscopic algae as sources of transportation fuel, human food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, and many other uses makes UTEX algae and services essential resources for hundreds of research projects. UTEX provides hands-on workshops on managing algal cultures, an informative interactive web site, species identification services, chemical composition analysis, and extensive correspondence with students engaged in algal research. UTEX personnel give presentations at public schools, conduct tours of UTEX facilities, assist teachers and students in conducting high school science projects, and provide presentations on the scientific importance of algae to hundreds of children every year at local open house events.UTEX currently maintains more than 3,000 accessioned strains of living algae representing all major taxa, including over 450 type specimens. The primary goal of UTEX is to provide cultures of living algae to users at modest cost. The user community is defined broadly to include anyone who requires living algae for research, educational activities, or technology development. Expanded goals of UTEX include serving as a permanent public repository of newly discovered and recently described algal species of potential value representing a broad range of genetic, morphological and biochemical diversity; serving as a source of information regarding algae to practicing scientists, other professionals, and the interested public; promoting and supporting local science teaching and hands-on scientific activities by school children; and providing practical training services, support services, and supplies that facilitate culturing of algae at other sites. In order to fulfill these goals, UTEX offers a wide range of goods and services to the user community. UTEX provides living algae starter cultures, bulk cultures, growth media, photobioreactors, photometers, genomic DNA and digital images. Services include identification of algae by morphological and DNA-sequence methods, physiological and biochemical characterization of algae, and cryogenetic storage of proprietary strains. Recurring workshops serve more than 30 professionals and students per year. UTEX maintains active research on cryopreservation technology, biochemical characterization, genomic sequencing, and taxonomic identification of accessioned strains. Algae-based research within the local institution is actively supported through the provision of cultures and by consultation with UTEX staff. Every year hundreds of published research articles reference the use of UTEX strains. In addition, many UTEX strains are used in research leading to the development of microalgae-based technologies for the production of biofuels and many other products. A comprehensive web site (www.utex.org) facilitates a secure means for ordering goods and services, provides links to resources elsewhere pertaining to algae, and includes diverse algae-related information.

CSBR：活牲畜：得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的藻类培养物收集中心的运作。得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的藻类培养物收集中心（UTEX）获得了一个奖项，它是为数不多的大型和多样化的活藻类公共收藏中心之一。许多UTEX藻类是独特的和不可替代的。每年，UTEX都会以适度的费用向美国和世界各地的科学家、教育工作者和学生分发数千种活的藻类培养物。研究人员计划继续为研究和教育界提供服务的传统，为他们提供活藻类培养物等服务。拟议的工作包括研究冷冻保存技术、生物化学特性、基因组测序和分类鉴定服务。对微观藻类作为运输燃料、人类食物、动物饲料、药物和许多其他用途的巨大兴趣使得UTEX藻类和服务成为数百个研究项目的重要资源。UTEX提供关于管理藻类培养物的实践讲习班、信息丰富的互动网站、物种鉴定服务、化学成分分析以及与从事藻类研究的学生的广泛通信。UTEX的工作人员在公立学校做报告，进行UTEX设施的图尔斯参观，协助教师和学生进行高中科学项目，并在当地每年的开放日活动中向数百名儿童介绍藻类的科学重要性。UTEX目前保存着3,000多个代表所有主要分类群的活藻类菌株，包括450多个模式标本。UTEX的主要目标是以适度的成本向用户提供活藻类的培养物。用户社区被广泛定义为包括任何需要活藻类用于研究，教育活动或技术开发的人。UTEX的扩展目标包括作为一个永久的公共知识库，保存新发现和最近描述的具有潜在价值的藻类物种，这些物种代表了广泛的遗传、形态和生物化学多样性;作为执业科学家、其他专业人员和感兴趣的公众的藻类信息来源;促进和支持当地的科学教学和学生的动手科学活动;以及提供实用的训练服务、支援服务和物料供应，以协助在其他地点养殖藻类。为了实现这些目标，UTEX向用户社区提供广泛的商品和服务。UTEX提供活藻类发酵剂、散装培养物、生长培养基、光生物反应器、光度计、基因组DNA和数字图像。 服务包括通过形态学和DNA序列方法鉴定藻类，藻类的生理和生化特征，以及专有菌株的低温储存。定期讲习班每年为30多名专业人员和学生提供服务。UTEX对保藏菌株的冷冻保存技术、生化特性、基因组测序和分类鉴定进行了积极的研究。通过提供文化和与UTEX工作人员协商，积极支持当地机构内的藻类研究。每年都有数百篇发表的研究文章提到UTEX菌株的使用。此外，许多UTEX菌株被用于研究，导致开发用于生产生物燃料和许多其他产品的微藻技术。一个综合性网站（www.utex.org）为订购商品和服务提供了一种安全的手段，提供了与其他地方有关藻类的资源的链接，并包括各种与藻类有关的信息。