CSBR: Living Stocks: Enhancing the Quality and Efficiency of the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center

拟南芥生物资源中心（ABRC）成立于1991年，其使命是收集、保存、繁殖和分发拟南芥及其近缘种的多种资源。该中心一直在为科学界不断变化的需求服务，这些需求使用拟南芥进行研究，并已发展到为全球27,000多名研究人员提供服务。近100万份库存包括种子、DNA、蛋白质和细胞培养库存，以及教育材料。ABRC每年分发20多万份样本，为植物研究界提供必要的服务，帮助他们了解植物模型的基本过程，并最终促进作物改良的应用。未来三年，中心将：1)根据预计需求，继续扩大资源收集，包括其他物种的抗体和DNA资源；2)采购、储存和分配新类型的资源，以满足社会的需要；3)在不增加预算的情况下，继续提高运营效率，从而提供更高质量的服务；4)继续与诺丁汉拟南芥库存中心（Arabidopsis .info）和拟南芥信息门户网站（www.araport.org）发展合作关系，提供在线库存信息和订购；5)通过开发新的K-12实践项目和扩大现有的K-12和大学水平的教学活动，继续扩大ABRC作为教育和推广资源的作用。最新的库存处理和维护程序，以及质量控制协议和统计数据，可以在网上找到（abc.osu.edu）。教育资料也可在网上获得（abrcoutreach.osu.edu），包括有关教育包的详细信息。

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC) was established in 1991 with the mission to collect, preserve, propagate and distribute diverse resources of Arabidopsis thaliana and related species. The Center has been serving the dynamically changing needs of the scientific community that uses Arabidopsis for research, and has grown to serve more than 27,000 investigators worldwide. The collection of almost one million stocks comprises seed, DNA, protein and cell culture stocks, as well as educational materials. With over 200,000 samples distributed annually, ABRC provides an essential service to the plant research community involved in understanding the basic processes in plant models, and ultimately leading to applications to accelerate crop improvement.In the next three years the Center will: 1) continue to enlarge and expand the collections of resources based on projected demand, including antibodies and DNA resources from other species; 2) procure, store and distribute novel types of resources as they are developed and driven by the needs of the community; 3) continue to increase the efficiency of the operation, thus providing higher quality of service without a budget increase; 4) continue developing partnerships with Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre (arabidopsis.info) and the Arabidopsis Information Portal (www.araport.org) in order to provide online access to stock information and ordering; and 5) continue to expand the role of ABRC as a resource for education and outreach by developing new K-12 hands-on programs and by increasing the reach of the existing K-12 and college-level teaching activities. The updated procedures for stock handling and maintenance, along with the quality control protocols and statistics, can be found online (abrc.osu.edu). Education materials are also available online (abrcoutreach.osu.edu), including the detailed information about education kits.