FSML: Improving collaborative research infrastructure at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

FSML：改善坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园的合作研究基础设施

• 批准号: 1624552
• 负责人: Deus Mjungu
• 金额: $ 32.92万
• 依托单位: The Jane Goodall Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1624552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Improving; collaborative; research; infrastructure

The Gombe Stream Research Centre (GSRC) was established in Tanzania by Dr. Jane Goodall in 1965 to support and maintain her pioneering study of chimpanzees, initiated in 1960. Now in its 56th year, the Gombe chimpanzee study is one of the longest and most detailed continuous studies of any free-living species. GSRC is a core project of the Jane Goodall Institute, one of the most well-known research and conservation organizations in the world. Research at GSRC has revealed the complex social behavior and cognitive abilities of chimpanzees including tool-making and use, group-hunting, cooperation in inter-group competition and enduring family bonds and social relationships, all of which have relevance to the understanding of human evolution. In addition, GSRC research informs community-centered conservation programs near Gombe and across Africa. Given the unparalleled depth of behavioral data, there has been growing interest from scientists in diverse fields in conducting broad, inter-disciplinary research at Gombe, to increase understanding of diet, physiology, health and disease. However, the GSRC infrastructure has been built piecemeal over the years and cannot support modern research or large trans-disciplinary teams. This project will extend and update the facilities by providing reliable power and renovating existing structures to provide state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for visiting scientists. Improvement of the facilities will improve current and future visiting researchers' efficiency in all their research projects, and will enable the training of Tanzanian scientists and veterinarians through hands-on experience with indigenous species. A better power supply and improved internet connectivity will facilitate more immediate communication of scientific data and events at Gombe to collaborators and students overseas, as well as in local classrooms. A new library and museum space with power sources capable of supporting video displays will greatly improve the educational experiences of visiting students, school groups, and tourists.The provision of modern lab facilities at this iconic site will enable transformative research through coupling the exceptionally deep knowledge of the primates and the habitat with new techniques to detect and measure disease agents and disease progression in situ, endocrine levels, characteristics of bone, and nutritional and isotopic characteristics of dietary items. Improved power and communication will support all ongoing research projects and allow for greater synergy between them. The expansion and renovation will feature 1) reliable electrical power through new solar and backup generator systems, 2) wet laboratory space equipped with freezers for sample storage and basic equipment for genetic, endocrine, and nutritional analysis, 3) dry storage and work space for an herbarium and for the uniquely extensive skeletal collections of individual chimpanzees and baboons of known developmental and life histories, 4) a necropsy lab, 5) a space for meetings, and 6) a small museum. Information on the core research projects conducted at Gombe can be found at www.gombechimpanzees.org.

贡贝溪研究中心（GSRC）由珍·古道尔博士于1965年在坦桑尼亚成立，以支持和维持她于1960年发起的对黑猩猩的开创性研究。对贡贝黑猩猩的研究已经进行了56年，是对任何自由生活的物种进行的持续时间最长、最详细的研究之一。GSRC是珍古道尔研究所的核心项目，珍古道尔研究所是世界上最著名的研究和保护组织之一。GSRC的研究揭示了黑猩猩复杂的社会行为和认知能力，包括工具制造和使用，群体狩猎，群体间竞争中的合作以及持久的家庭纽带和社会关系，所有这些都与人类进化的理解有关。此外，GSRC的研究为贡贝附近和整个非洲以社区为中心的保护计划提供了信息。鉴于行为数据的无与伦比的深度，不同领域的科学家对在贡贝进行广泛的跨学科研究越来越感兴趣，以增加对饮食，生理学，健康和疾病的理解。然而，多年来，GSRC的基础设施一直是零敲碎打的，无法支持现代研究或大型跨学科团队。该项目将通过提供可靠的电力和翻新现有结构来扩展和更新设施，为来访的科学家提供最先进的实验室设施。这些设施的改善将提高目前和今后访问研究人员在其所有研究项目中的效率，并将使坦桑尼亚科学家和兽医能够通过与土著物种的实际经验得到培训。更好的电力供应和更好的互联网连接将促进贡贝的科学数据和事件更直接地与海外合作者和学生以及当地教室进行交流。一个新的图书馆和博物馆空间，其电源能够支持视频显示，将大大改善来访学生，学校团体和游客的教育体验。在这个标志性的地点提供现代化的实验室设施，将通过将对灵长类动物和栖息地的特别深入的知识与新技术结合起来，实现变革性的研究，以检测和测量疾病病原体和疾病的原位进展，内分泌水平、骨骼特征以及膳食项目的营养和同位素特征。改进的电力和通信将支持所有正在进行的研究项目，并允许它们之间更大的协同作用。扩建和翻新的特点是：1）通过新的太阳能和备用发电机系统提供可靠的电力，2）潮湿的实验室空间，配备有用于样品储存的冷冻机和用于遗传、内分泌和营养分析的基本设备，3）干燥的储存和工作空间，用于植物标本馆和已知发育和生活史的黑猩猩和狒狒个体的独特的广泛骨骼收集，4）尸检实验室，5）会议空间，6）小型博物馆。关于在贡贝开展的核心研究项目的信息，可查阅www.gombechimpanzees.org。