PRFB Workshop- Research Using Biological Collections; November 7-9, 2017; Harvard University

该项目资助了一个生物学博士后研究人员研讨会，该研讨会得到了生物收集研究轨道的支持。这一轨道始于2015财政年度，因此迄今已支助了三批研究员。该讲习班旨在为前两个群体的研究员提供服务(第3群体中的个人尚未开始或最近才开始他们的研究金，因此不是本讲习班的一部分)。该项目为大约60名研究员(第1组和第2组中的所有人)参加这次讲习班提供了资金。研讨会的目的是为研究员提供一个论坛和建立联系的机会；让研究员接触国家科学基金会的机会；提供职业发展机会和关于职业轨迹的信息；综合关于以收藏为基础的研究支持的广泛活动的信息；并促进研究员之间和与知名科学家之间的互动和合作。在过去的十年里，在生物学中，使用收集来提出广泛和基本的问题有了很大的复兴。其中一些是由新技术的发展推动的，例如下一代测序、稳定同位素和新的成像技术(例如DCT扫描)，这些技术使研究人员能够从标本中获得新的信息。此外，许多标本已经数字化，研究人员可以获得图像。此外，利用收藏品现在被认为是解决某些新出现的生物学问题的一种非常有效的方式(有时是唯一的方式)，例如气候变化对物种分布的影响。研讨会将允许研究员根据他们的研究成果使用收藏交流想法，更广泛地说，分享对可以使用收藏解决的广泛生物学问题的见解。

This project funds a workshop for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Biology, supported by the Research Using Biological Collections track. This track began in fiscal year (FY) 2015, and therefore three cohorts of fellows have been supported thus far. This workshop is designed to serve fellows from the first two cohorts (individuals in cohort 3 have not yet started or only recently started their fellowships, and are therefore not a part of this workshop). This project provides funds for approximately 60 fellows (all of those in cohorts 1 and 2) to attend this workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum and networking opportunities to the fellows; expose fellows to opportunities at NSF; provide professional development opportunities and information on career tracks; synthesize information on the breadth of activities supported by collections-based research; and catalyze interactions and collaborations among fellows and with established scientists.Biological collections have historically been an invaluable resource for research and education. In the past decade, there has been a great resurgence in the use of collections to ask broad and fundamental questions in biology. Some of this is driven by the development of new technologies, such as next-generation sequencing, stable isotopes, and new imaging technologies (e.g., DCT scans), which allow researchers to obtain novel information from specimens. In addition, many specimens have been digitized and images made available to researchers. In addition, the use of collections is now recognized as a very effective way (sometimes the only way) to address certain emerging biological questions, e.g., the impact of climate change on species distributions. The workshop will allow fellows to exchange ideas based on their research findings using collections and, more generally, to share insights into the wide range of biological questions that can be addressed using collections.