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相关物种的多种资源。该中心一直致力于满足利用拟南芥进行研究的科学界不断变化的需求，并不断发展壮大，为全球超过 27,000 名研究人员提供服务。馆藏近 100 万份库存，包括种子、DNA、蛋白质和细胞培养物以及教育材料。 ABRC 每年分发超过 200,000 个样本，为植物研究界提供重要服务，帮助他们了解植物模型的基本过程，并最终实现加速作物改良的应用。在未来三年中，该中心将： 1）根据预计需求继续扩大和扩大资源收集，包括来自其他物种的抗体和 DNA 资源； 2) 采购、存储和分配由社区需求开发和驱动的新型资源； 3) 继续提高运营效率，从而在不增加预算的情况下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 (www.araport.org) 发展合作伙伴关系，以提供库存信息和订购的在线访问； 5) 通过开发新的 K-12 实践项目以及扩大现有 K-12 和大学水平教学活动的范围，继续扩大 ABRC 作为教育和推广资源的作用。更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线找到 (abrc.osu.edu)。教育材料也可在线获取 (abrcoutreach.osu.edu)，包括有关教育套件的详细信息。

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.