MRI: Acquisition of an Illumina MiSeq Sequencing System to enhance environmental research in the Great Lakes region

MRI：收购 Illumina MiSeq 测序系统以加强五大湖地区的环境研究

• 批准号: 1828451
• 负责人: Charlyn Partridge
• 金额: $ 18.37万
• 依托单位: Grand Valley State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828451&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Illumina; MiSeq; Sequencing

An award is made to support the acquisition of a next-generation sequencing System for Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI). High-throughput sequencing data is now incorporated into all areas of biology, from medical research to environmental sciences. AWRI is a research unit within Grand Valley State University that focuses on improving and enhancing freshwater resources. Sequencing system at AWRI will provide opportunity to directly train graduate and undergraduate students in this critical technology. AWRI's commitment to improving and preserving water resources also has broad societal benefit because of the basic research, public health and environmental relevance of understanding essential water resources. AWRI also engages in regional educational outreach program for K-12 students, universities, and the general publicKey projects that will be conducted by AWRI faculty and students through the acquisition of the sequencing system include: assessment of how invasive species alter mycorrhizal communities of native species in coastal sand dune systems; characterization of microbial communities associated with harmful algal blooms (HABs) across freshwater lakes ascribed to different trophic scales; evaluation of the relationship between invasive species introduction and changes in viral communities in the Great Lakes; and characterization of microbial communities associated with plastic pollution in freshwater lakes. Collectively, these projects will provide vital information regarding how some of the most significant environmental challenges of our time are driving changes in the Great Lakes, which comprises nearly 20% of the world's supply of freshwater. Furthermore, each project contributes to our understanding of how anthropogenic-related habitat degradation drives community level changes within ecosystems, which can be applicable not only for the Great Lakes region but for ecosystems throughout the world. Results from these studies will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at scientific meetings, and used in public outreach activities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

颁发奖项是为了支持大谷州立大学安妮斯水资源研究所（AWRI）的下一代测序系统的收购。现在，从医学研究到环境科学，高通量测序数据已纳入生物学的所有领域。 AWRI是大谷州立大学的研究部门，致力于改善和增强淡水资源。 AWRI的测序系统将提供机会直接培训这项关键技术的毕业生和本科生。由于了解基本水资源的基础研究，公共卫生和环境相关性，AWRI致力于改善和保存水资源也具有广泛的社会利益。 AWRI还针对K-12学生，大学和通用公共关键项目进行了区域教育外展计划，这些项目将由AWRI教职员工和学生通过获取测序系统进行，包括：评估入侵物种如何改变沿海砂沙丘系统中沿海原住民物种的菌根物种社区的评估；跨越不同营养尺度的淡水湖泊中与有害藻华（HAB）相关的微生物群落的表征；评估入侵物种引入与大湖区病毒群落变化之间的关系；以及与淡水湖中塑料污染相关的微生物群落的表征。 总的来说，这些项目将提供有关我们时代最重要的环境挑战如何推动大湖区变化的重要信息，该湖泊占世界淡水供应的近20％。此外，每个项目都有助于我们理解与人为相关的栖息地降解如何驱动社区水平的变化生态系统的变化，这不仅适用于大湖地区，而且适用于全世界的生态系统。 这些研究的结果将在经过同行评审的期刊上发表，在科学会议上提出，并在公共宣传活动中使用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估评估的评估值得一提的。

项目成果

Persistent organic pollutants, metals, and the bacterial community composition associated with microplastics in Muskegon Lake (MI)

马斯基根湖（密歇根州）的持久性有机污染物、金属和与微塑料相关的细菌群落组成

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.07.012
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Great Lakes Research
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Steinman, Alan D.;Scott, John;Green, Lee;Partridge, Charlyn;Oudsema, Maggie;Hassett, Michael;Kindervater, Emily;Rediske, Richard R.
• 通讯作者: Rediske, Richard R.