CSBR: Living Stocks -- Transfer of Ownership of Two Large Legacy Collections to the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center

自1991年以来，拟南芥生物资源中心(ABRC)一直通过收集、保存、扩增和分发拟南芥及其近缘物种的种子和DNA资源，为植物研究领域提供服务。这些资源包括多样化的DNA文库、全长cDNA文库、插入突变种子种群、代表全球自然变异的种子库以及基因组编辑资源。ABRC的长期目标是：1)通过收购新资源继续扩大和扩大收藏，2)根据社区需求存储、放大和分配新型资源，3)提高运作效率，在持续低价的情况下提供更高质量的服务，4)提供免费访问精选的股票信息，以及5)继续生成、收集和分发教学和教育推广工具包，以促进本地和国家的综合植物生物学教育。这一奖项将促进两个大型传统种子收藏的所有权转移，这两个收藏是通过先前NSF资助的研究产生的。该中心将策划、扩大和分发由两位即将退休或重新定位的拟南芥研究人员大卫·迈克博士和罗伯特·拉斯特博士捐赠的新种苗收藏。来自这些遗留收藏的信息(约20,000条记录)将被整合到现有的ABRC数据库基础设施中，此外，还将保护、管理和扩大约6,500份库存的实物收藏。与通常接受的库存相比，这些收藏更大，管理和维护也更复杂，该项目将支持它们及时纳入更大的ABRC收藏。Last和Meinke遗产收藏的增加也为ABRC提供了一个机会，通过为K-16学生、教育工作者和普通公众创建新的教育资源和独特的动手体验来突出这些收购。这将包括开发两个新的绿化课堂教育模块，包括从遗留收藏中收集的股票，以及一个公共动手实验室体验，包括“公民科学家”，他们将帮助从最后一个收藏中识别有缺陷的种子。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC) has been serving the plant research community since 1991 by collecting, preserving, amplifying and distributing seed and DNA resources of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) and related species. These include diverse DNA libraries, full-length cDNA collections, insertion mutant seed populations, seed collections representing global natural variation, as well as genome editing resources. The ABRC's long-term goals are: 1) to continue to enlarge and expand the collection though acquisition of new resources, 2) to store, amplify and distribute new types of resources based on the needs of the community, 3) to increase the efficiency of the operation, to provide higher quality service with a continued low stock price, 4) to provide free access to curated stock information, and 5) to continue to generate, collect and distribute teaching and education outreach kits, to facilitate an integrated plant biology education both locally and nationally.This award will facilitate the transfer of ownership of two large legacy seed collections, generated through previous NSF funded research. The Center will curate, amplify and distribute novel seed stock collections that have been donated by two retiring or re-orienting Arabidopsis researchers, Dr. David Meinke and Dr. Robert Last. The information from these legacy collections (about 20,000 records) will be integrated within the existing ABRC database infrastructure, in addition to securing, curating and amplifying the physical collections for approximately 6,500 stocks. These collections are larger and more complex to curate and maintain than the stocks normally accepted and this project will support their timely inclusion into the larger ABRC collection. The addition of the Last and Meinke legacy collections also presents an opportunity for the ABRC to highlight these acquisitions through the creation of new education resources and unique, hands-on experiences for K-16 students, educators and the general public. This will include the development of two new Greening the Classroom education modules that include stocks from the legacy collections, and a public hands-on laboratory experience involving "citizen scientists" who will assist in the identification of defective seed from the Last collection.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.